Geoffrey Acland

Arthur Geoffrey Dyke Acland (17 May 1908 – 14 September 1964), known as Geoffrey Acland, was a British Liberal Party politician.

Born near Hanover Square in London^[1] to Liberal Party MP Francis Dyke Acland, Geoffrey was the younger brother of Richard Acland, who later became a Common Wealth Party and Labour Party MP. He studied at Rugby School, Trinity College, Cambridge, and the University of Grenoble.^[2] During World War II, he served with the Border Regiment, rising to become a Captain.^[3]

After the war, Acland became joint managing director of some paper mills,^[2] and he stood unsuccessfully for the Liberal Party in Westmorland at each election from 1945 to 1959. From 1954 to 1956, he was the Chairman of the Liberal Party.^[4]

References

1. ↑ Officers of the British Army 1939-1945
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Times House of Commons (1951), p.166
3. ↑ Person Page - 3119, thepeerage.com
4. ↑ The Times House of Commons (1959), p.171