Ferdinando Acton

Ferdinando Acton (16 July 1832, in Naples – 18 February 1891, in Rome) was an Italian naval officer, admiral, and politician who served both as Minister of War and Minister of the Navy.

[1] He was descended from a noble family which had originated in England before moving to Tuscany, then a part of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

His grandfather was General Joseph Edward Acton (1737-1830), brother of Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet, commander of the naval forces of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and prime minister of the Kingdom of Naples.

His sister Laura remarried in 1864, marrying Marco Minghetti, then prime minister of Italy.

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