Acland is an English surname. The Aclands of

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...

(often Dyke Acland: see Acland baronets,

Dyke Acland baronets Dyke (UK) or dike (US) may refer to: General uses * Dyke (slang), a slang word meaning "lesbian" * Dike (geology), a subvertical sheet-like intrusion of magma or sediment * Dike (mythology), ''Dikē'', the Greek goddess of moral justice * Dikes, ...

) were an influential family, whose name was derived from Acland near

Barnstaple Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town in North Devon, England, at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool and won great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, but ...

. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St Audries Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St Audries PC (26 September 1853 – 4 June 1917), known as Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, Bt, until 1911, was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the ...

(1853–1917), British Conservative Party politician * Alexander Acland Hood (disambiguation), multiple people *

Alfred Dyke Acland Colonel Alfred Dyke Acland CBE JP (19 August 1858 – 22 March 1937) was a distinguished British Army officer. The son of Sir Henry Wentworth Acland by his marriage to Sarah Cotton, Acland was educated at Temple Grove School and Charterhouse S ...

(1858–1937), lieutenant colonel in the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry (territorial army), son of Sir Henry Wentworth Acland * Sir Antony Acland (1930–2021), Head of the Diplomatic Service and Provost of Eton * Arthur Floyer-Acland (1885–1980), British soldier * Charles R. Acland (born 1963), Canadian professor and author * Chris Acland (1966–1996), 1990s Britpop musician * Emily Acland (1830–1905), pioneer settler in New Zealand and a watercolour artist * Sir Francis Dyke Acland, 14th Baronet (1874–1939), British Liberal politician * Gilbert Acland-Troyte (1876–1964), British soldier and Conservative Party politician * Guy Acland (born 1946), British Army officer and member of the British Royal Household *

Lady Harriet Acland Lady Harriet Acland (née Fox-Strangways; 3 January 175021 July 1815) was a British noblewoman and diarist. She accompanied her husband to British North America and became celebrated for her personal courage. She is commemorated on one of the bron ...

(1750–1815), wife of John Dyke Acland *

Henry Acland Sir Henry Wentworth Dyke Acland, 1st Baronet, (23 August 181516 October 1900) was an English physician and educator. Life Henry Acland was born in Killerton, Exeter, the fourth son of Sir Thomas Acland and Lydia Elizabeth Hoare, and educate ...

(1815–1900), physician and son of Sir Thomas Acland * Hugh Acland (disambiguation), multiple people * Jack Acland (1904–1981), New Zealand politician of the National Party * John Acland (disambiguation), multiple people * John Edward Troyte (1848–1932), or Acland-Troyte, born Acland, founder of the Oxford University Society of Change Ringers * John Acland (British Army officer) (1928–2006), British Army officer * Peter Acland (1902–1993), son of Alfred Dyke Acland * Reginald Acland (1856–1924), British barrister and judge * Sir

Richard Acland Sir Richard Thomas Dyke Acland, 15th Baronet (26 November 1906 – 24 November 1990) was one of the founding members of the British Common Wealth Party in 1942, having previously been a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP). He joined the Labour ...

(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 * 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 * Thomas Acland (disambiguation), multiple people

Places

* Acland, Queensland, a town in the Toowoomba Region, Australia * Acland Hospital, Oxford, England {{surname English toponymic surnames