The son of Sir Whitmore Acton, 4th Baronet, he succeeded to the baronetcy and Aldenham Park on the death of his father.

He held the office of High Sheriff of Shropshire for 1751–52.

As he had no surviving male issue, the title went to his distant cousin, Sir John Acton.

He married Lady Anne Grey, daughter of Harry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford on 21 September 1744, and they had the following children:

This biography of a baronet in the baronetage of England is a stub.