John Acland (c. 1674 – May 1703) was an English gentleman who briefly represented

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in Parliament. He predeceased his father,

Sir Hugh Acland, 5th Baronet Sir Hugh Acland, 5th Baronet ( – 9 March 1714) was an English politician. He obtained a confirmation of the family baronetcy in 1678, and served as a Member of Parliament for two boroughs in Devon in 1679 and from 1685 to 1687. Never very acti ...

Family and education

John was born in Devon, the eldest son of

and his wife, Anne Daniel, daughter of Sir Thomas Daniel of Beswick Hall, Yorkshire. He matriculated at

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on 12 May 1692, at the age of 17. On 24 March 1695/6, he married a rather distant relative Elizabeth Acland, the daughter of Richard Acland of

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and sister of

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. He was survived by four sons and one daughter: *

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(c.1696–1728) *Richard Acland (d. 1735), a Portugal merchant, married Anne, daughter of Peter Burrell of

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and sister of Sir Merrik Burrell, 1st Baronet, and had a daughter Anne, married on 7 May 1761 to Richard Hoare *Rev. John Acland (1699?–1744), rector of Broadclyst 1730–1744, married and had one son, Rev. John Acland (c.1729–1795) *Arthur Acland (d. 30 May 1740), married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Gilbert, on 18 May 1738, without issue *Elizabeth Acland (d. 1738), married on 3 May 1726 to Sir John Davie, 6th Baronet

Career

Acland stood for Parliament at

on the interest of John Rolle; John Rolle had married his cousin Florence Rolle, whose sister Margaret had married Acland's uncle Sir John Acland, 3rd Baronet. Like his father, he was not active in Parliament. He presumably shared in the Tory proclivities of his father, as he was considered a probable Tacker in a list of 1704, but the compiler was behind the times; Acland had died by then, and was buried at

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on 20 May 1703.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Acland, John 1670s births 1703 deaths Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford English MPs 1702–1705 Members of the Parliament of England for Callington Heirs apparent who never acceded John 1674