who is lord acton
John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton. John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, KCVO DL (10 January 1834 â 19 June 1902)âknown as Sir John Dalberg-Acton, 8th Baronet from 1837 to 1869 and usually referred to simply as Lord Actonâwas an English Catholic historian, politician, and writer.