# Lord Acton — Eminent Victorians character guide

> Lord Acton in Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-cardinal-manning

## Who they are

Catholic historian and friend of Gladstone.

## In the story

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/eminent_victorians_se/chapters/vii)

Historian and friend of Gladstone; his research and letters influence Gladstone's views on Infallibility, though Manning suspects them of being 'poison.'

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