Sir Arthur Acheson, 5th Baronet

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Sir Arthur Acheson, 5th Baronet (26 January 1688 – 8 February 1748) was an Irish politician and baronet.

The son of

Sir Nicholas Acheson, 4th Baronet, he succeeded to the baronetcy upon the death of his father. In 1728, he was appointed High Sheriff of Armagh.[1] Acheson sat in the Irish House of Commons for Mullingar
from 1727 until his death in 1748.

Acheson had a personal library of some significance, which he marked with his characteristic early armorial bookplate.[2]

He married Anne Savage in 1715, with whom he had the following children:

  • Nicholas Acheson (b. bef. 1716–1717)
  • Philip Acheson (b. bef. 1718–1727)
  • Archibald Acheson, 1st Viscount Gosford (1718–1790)
  • Nicola Acheson (1725-1761) married Robert Trench[3]
  • Ann Acheson (d. 1785) married Walter Cope[4]
  • Arthur (d. 1758)[5]

References

  1. ^ Stuart, John (1819). Historical Memoirs of The City of Armagh. Newry: Alexander Wilkinson. pp. 557.
  2. ^ "Arthur Acheson 1688-1748 - Book Owners Online". www.bookowners.online. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. ^ Lodge, Edmund. Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage: With Sketches of the Family Histories of the Nobility. United Kingdom, Saunders, 1840.
  4. ^ Lodge, Edmund. Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage: With Sketches of the Family Histories of the Nobility. United Kingdom, Saunders, 1840.
  5. ^ Lodge, Edmund. Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage: With Sketches of the Family Histories of the Nobility. United Kingdom, Saunders, 1840.
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Member of Parliament for Mullingar
1727–1748
With: John Rochfort
Succeeded by
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by
Nicholas Acheson
Baronet
(of Glencairny)
1701–1748
Succeeded by