Reginald Acland

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Sir Reginald Brodie Dyke Acland KC (18 May 1856 – 18 February 1924) was a British barrister and judge.

The son of Sir Henry Wentworth Acland, 1st Baronet and Sarah Cotton was educated in University College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Master of Arts. In 1881, he was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple and worked as Barrister-at-Law. From 1897 and 1904, Acland was junior counsel in the Admiralty and from 1901 to 1903 Recorder of Shrewsbury. In 1903, he became Recorder of Oxford and Judge Advocate of the Fleet and a King's Counsel in 1904. Acland was made a Bencher in 1913 and a knight the following year.

On 12 August 1885, he married Helen Emma Fox, daughter of Reverend Thomas Fox. They had four children, two sons and two daughters.

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• thePeerage. Retrieved on 2006-12-16.

Legal Offices
Preceded by Unknown	Judge Advocate of the Fleet 1904–?	Succeeded by Unknown