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Acland is an English language, English surname. The Aclands of Devon (often Dyke Acland: see Acland baronets, Dyke Acland baronets) were an influential family, whose name was derived from Acland, Landkey, Acland near Barnstaple. Notable people with the surname include:


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* Sir Alexander Hood, 2nd Baronet (1793–1851), MP for Somerset West * Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 3rd Baronet (1819–1892), MP for Somerset West * Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St Audries (1853–1917), MP for Wellington * Alfred Dyke Acland (1858–1937), British army officer, son of Sir Henry Wentworth Acland * Alice Acland (social activist) (1849–1935), British social activist * Alice Acland (novelist) (1912–1982), pseudonym of British socialite and author Anne Wignall * Antony Guy Acland (1916–1983), British army officer and baronet * Sir Antony Acland (1930–2021), Head of the Diplomatic Service and Provost of Eton * Sir Arthur Acland (died 1610) (1573–1610) of Acland, Landkey, Devon, knight * Arthur Floyer-Acland (1885–1980), British soldier * Sir Arthur Dyke Acland, 13th Baronet (1847–1926), Liberal politician and political author * Arthur Acland (MP), British Member of Parliament for Barnstaple (UK Parliament constituency), Barnstaple


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* Bessie Acland (1870–1959), New Zealand artist


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* Charles R. Acland (born 1963), Canadian academic and author * Chris Acland (1966–1996), 1990s Britpop musician


E

* Edward Dyke Acland (1878–1968), British naval officer * Eleanor Acland (1878–1933), British Liberal politician, suffragist and novelist * Emily Acland (1830–1905), pioneer settler in New Zealand and watercolour artist


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* Francis Dyke Acland (1874–1939), British Liberal politician


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* Gideon Acland (1777–1819), English merchant * Gilbert Acland-Troyte (1876–1964), British soldier and Conservative Party politician * Geoffrey Acland (1908–1964), British Liberal Party politician * Guy Acland (born 1946), British Army officer and member of the British Royal Household


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* Lady Harriet Acland (1750–1815), wife of John Dyke Acland * Henry Acland (1815–1900), physician and son of Sir Thomas Acland * Hubert Acland (1890–1978), British naval officer * Sir Hugh Acland, 5th Baronet (c. 1639–1714), English baron and member of Parliament * Sir Hugh Acland, 6th Baronet (1697–1728), English baron * Sir Hugh Acland (surgeon) (1874–1956), New Zealand surgeon


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* Sir Jack Acland (Hugh John Acland, 1904–1981), New Zealand politician * Jack Acland (1904–1981), New Zealand politician of the National Party *Sir John Acland (died 1620) (c. 1552–1620), English MP for Devon 1607–1614 * John Acland (Callington MP) (c. 1674–1703), English MP for Callington 1702–1703 * John Acland (runholder) (1823–1904), New Zealand politician and runholder * John Dyke Acland (1746–1778), British Army officer and MP for Callington 1774–1778 * John Palmer-Acland (1756–1831), born John Acland, British MP for Bridgwater (UK Parliament constituency), Bridgwater * Sir John Acland, 1st Baronet (c. 1591–1647), English royalist * Sir John Acland, 3rd Baronet (c. 1636–1655), English baronet * John Acland (author) (c. 1729–1795), English author * Sir John Dyke Acland, 8th Baronet (1778–1785), British baronet * John Acland (British Army officer) (1928–2006), British major-general * Sir John Dyke Acland, 16th Baronet (1939–2009), British baronet * John Acland (died 1553) of Acland, Landkey, Devon


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* Mike Acland (born 1935), English footballer


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* Peter Acland (1902–1993), son of Alfred Dyke Acland


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* Reginald Acland (1856–1924), British barrister and judge * Richard Acland (1679–1729), English politician * Sir Richard Acland (1906–1990), 15th Baronet, Member of Parliament and one of the founders of UK's Common Wealth Party * Richard Acland (bishop) (1881–1954), British soldier and Anglican bishop * Robert D. Acland (1941–2016), son of Sir Richard Acland, and plastic surgeon and microsurgery pioneer


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* Sarah Acland (1815–1878), wife of Sir Henry Acland * Sarah Angelina Acland (1849–1930), daughter of Sir Henry Acland and Sarah Acland, and pioneer of colour photography * Simon Acland (born 1958), son of Sir Antony Acland, British venture capitalist and author * Stafford Floyer-Acland (1916–1994), British soldier * Susan Acland-Hood (born 1977), British civil servant


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* Theodore Acland (1890–1960), English educationist and cleric * Theodore Dyke Acland (1851–1931), English surgeon and author * Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 7th Baronet (1722–1785), MP for Devon 1746–1747 and Somerset 1767–1768 * Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 9th Baronet (1752–1794), son of the 7th Baronet * Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet (1787–1871), MP for Devonshire and Devonshire North, son of the 9th Baronet * Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 11th Baronet (1809–1898), MP for Devon North and Somerset West, Privy Counsellor, son of the 10th Baronet * Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 12th Baronet (1842–1919), British politician, son of the 11th Baronet


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* Sir William Acland, 2nd Baronet (1847–1924), Royal Navy admiral * Sir William Acland, 3rd Baronet (1888–1970), British World War I soldier * Wroth Palmer Acland (1770–1816), English soldier


See also

* Ackland, English surname * Acland, Queensland, town in the Toowoomba Region, Australia * Acland Hospital, Oxford, England * Mount Acland, mountain in New Zealand {{surname English toponymic surnames