Hugh Acland (surgeon)

Hugh Acland in 1940

Sir Hugh Thomas Dyke Acland CMG CBE (10 September 1874 – 15 April 1956) was a prominent New Zealand surgeon.

Biography

He was born in 1874 in Christchurch. Bishop Harper and Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet were his grandfathers; John Acland was his father and Jack Acland, MP for Temuka in the 1940s, was his son. Acland was one of the first in New Zealand who confined their medical practice to surgery.[1]

In 1924, Acland bought Chippenham Lodge in Browns Road, St Albans, which had previously belonged to John Evans Brown.[2] His family lived there for the rest of his life.[1]

In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[3]

Acland contested the election for Mayor of Christchurch in 1935 and was narrowly beaten by the incumbent, Dan Sullivan. He was elected as a councillor to Christchurch City Council in the following year and served until 1941. Acland died in 1956 at Chippenham Lodge.[1]

Acland Avenue in Avonside is named for Acland.[4] This short cul-de-sac is located in the residential red zone.[5]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Maling, Peter B. "Acland, Hugh Thomas Dyke - Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Chippenham Lodge". Register of Historic Places. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Official jubilee medals". The Evening Post. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  4. ↑ Harper, Margaret. "Christchurch Street Names A". Christchurch City Libraries. p. 7. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "CERA Map". Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority. Retrieved 16 February 2014.