Early years Harold Acton



la pietra


acton born prominent anglo-italian-american family @ villa la pietra, parents house 1 mile outside walls of florence, italy. claimed great-great-grandfather commodore sir john acton, prime minister of naples under ferdinand iv, , grandfather of roman catholic historian john acton, has been disproven.


his father successful art collector , dealer arthur acton (1873–1953), illegitimate son of eugenio acton. mother hortense lenore mitchell (1871–1962), heiress of john j. mitchell, president of illinois trust , savings bank , appointed member of federal advisory council, , trustee of art institute of chicago (1908–1909). arthur acton met hortense in chicago while helping design italianate features of bank s new building in 1896, , mitchell fortune allowed arthur acton buy remarkable villa la pietra on hills of florence harold acton lived of life. modern furniture in villa in nurseries, , disposed of when children got older (harold s younger brother william born in 1906).








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