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
Invasion of Algiers (1775)
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The invasion of Algiers was a massive and disastrous amphibious attempt in July 1775 by a combined Spanish and Tuscan force to capture the city of Algiers, the capital of the Regency of Algiers. The a
Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet
…capture Austria, which had suffered no casualties. In July 1775, Acton, now at the rank of admiral, commanded the Tuscan contingent of the Spanish-Tuscan invasion of Algiers under Spanish General Alejandro O'Reilly. On 9 July, the Spanish landed two waves of troops on the Algerian coastline, which initially met with little…
Alejandro O'Reilly, the invasion's commander