Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet
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Admiral Sir John Francis Edward Acton, 6th Baronet was a British naval officer and politician who served in the Tuscan and Neapolitan navies. He also served as Prime Minister of Naples and Sicily unde
Portrait attributed to Emanuele Napoli, 1802
1823 portrait of Mary Acton
Funerary monument to Acton at the Santa Ninfa dei Crociferi
Maria Carolina of Austria
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Maria Carolina of Austria was Queen of Naples and Sicily as the wife of King Ferdinand IV and III, who later became King of the Two Sicilies. As de facto ruler of her husband's kingdoms, Maria Carolin
Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet
…loaded with grape-shot, not only stop't them in their career but obliged them to retire with great loss." The invaders proceeded to withdraw. In 1779, Maria Carolina of Naples persuaded her brother Leopold of Tuscany to allow Acton, who had been recommended to her by Francesco d'Aquino, Prince of Caramanico, to undertake the…
Portrait by Anton Raphael Mengs, 1768
Archduchess Maria Carolina holding a portrait of her father, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
Portrait of Maria Carolina (by Anton Raphael Mengs, c. 1772–1773)
Marquis Bernardo Tanucci, de facto ruler of Naples and Sicily from 1759 until 1776