Acland Explained
Acland is an 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 near Barnstaple. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St Audries (1853–1917), British Conservative Party politician
- Alexander Acland Hood (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alfred Dyke Acland (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 (1750–1815), wife of John Dyke Acland
- Henry Acland (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 (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
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