Sir John Dyke Acland, 16th Baronet (13 May 1939 – 26 September 2009) was the eldest son of Sir Richard Acland, 15th Baronet and Anne Stella Alford. John Acland attended the

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. Acland married Virginia Forge, daughter of Roland Forge, on 9 September 1961. His children were Dominic Dyke Acland (born 1962), Dr Piers Dyke Acland (born 1965), and Holly Dyke Acland (born 1972). He succeeded his father as

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on the latter's death on 24 November 1990. Acland died on 26 September 2009 a day after being involved in a car accident near

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* Acland, Sir John (Dyke), ''

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, December 2007. * ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th Edition, edited by Charles Mosley, Wilmington, Delaware, 2003, vol I, pp. 28–31., .

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* 1939 births 2009 deaths John Dyke 1939 People educated at The Dragon School People educated at Clifton College Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni Baronets in the Baronetage of England Road incident deaths in England {{England-baronet-stub