Acland
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Acland is an English surname.
The Aclands (often Dyke Aclands) were an influential Devon family.
[edit] Members of the Devon family
- John Dyke Acland (1746-1778)
- Harriet Acland (1750-1815), wife of John Dyke Acland
- Sir Thomas Acland (1787-1871), 10th Baronet, Conservative politician
- Henry Wentworth Acland (1815-1900), physician and son of Sir Thomas Acland
- Alfred Dyke Acland Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry (territorial army), son of Sir Henry Wentworth Acland
- Sir Richard Acland, 15th Baronet, Member of Parliament and one of the founders of UK's Common Wealth Party
- Sir Antony Acland, Head of the Diplomatic Service and Provost of Eton
[edit] Other people with the surname Acland
- Chris Acland, 1990s Britpop musician