Robert Alfred Cunliffe (1839 - 1905) was born in India to Robert Ellis Cunliffe (1808 – 1855) of the Indian Service, and Charlotte Howel. Robert was a descendant of Foster Cunliffe, a thriving Liverpool slave merchant with connections to plantations of Virginia and a fleet of twelve cargo ships and four slave ships who bought the Acton Estate in 1785. The 5th Baronet Robert Alfred married Eleanor Sophia Egerton Leigh, and enjoyed an exciting life - appointed High Sheriff of Denbighshire, MP for Flint and Denbigh and gaining the honorary rank of Colonel with the 3rd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, among many more titles. Robert and his family (he had five children, two sons and three daughters) lived in Hanover Square but spent time in Wrexham and Rhyl. Robert's life was not without tragedy - he lost his daughter Violet Eleanor in 1878, and his wife Eleanor in 1898. Eleanor's funeral was well-attended, since she had been active in the community, taking a particular interest in the welfare of local children. Robert remarried, to Cecilie Victoria Sackville West, daughter of Colonel W. E. Sackville-West, J P for Caernarvonshire, and she remained with Robert in the Acton Estate until his death of influenza in 1905. Robert's and Cecilie's influence in Wrexham was enormous. Robert's funeral brought most of Wrexham to a standstill so that workers could attend. Robert's estate was valued at £63000. The Cunliffe connection was terminated in 1916 in the Battle of the Somme with the death in action of Robert's son, Foster Hugh Egerton Cunliffe the 6th Baronet: after Foster's death, the Acton Estate was put up for sale. Robert's widow Cecilie continued to have an exciting life after her husband's death. Appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1920, she served as President of the Girls' Friendly Society until 1930, working with munition workers in factories and proividing rest homes and hostels throughout England. Cecilie died aged 90 in 1955. Research by Annette Edwards.