Arthur Acland (Oxford)
Arthur Acland may refer to: * Sir Arthur Acland (died 1610) (1573–1610) of Acland, Landkey, Devon, knight * Arthur Floyer-Acland (1885–1980), British soldier *Sir Arthur Dyke Acland, 13th Baronet (1847–1926), Liberal politician and political author *Geoffrey Acland (Arthur Geoffrey Dyke Acland, 1908–1964), Liberal politician * Arthur Acland (MP), British Member of Parliament for Barnstaple Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town in North Devon, England, at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool and won great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, bu ...

Arthur Acland (died 1610)
Sir Arthur Acland (also recorded as Sir Arthure Akelane) (1573–1610) of AclandPer monumental inscription in Landkey church, transcribed at :File:AclandMonument LandkeyDevon.JPG in the parish of Landkey, Devon, was a member of the Devonshire gentry, and was knighted in 1606.Vivian, p.4 Little is known of his life and career, but his monumental inscription survives above his impressive monument in Landkey Church. His son was Sir John Acland, 1st Baronet (c. 1591 – 1647). He was ancestor to the prominent, wealthy and long-enduring Acland family of Killerton, which survives today in the direct male line. Origins Arthur Acland's grandfather was John Acland (died 1553), of Acland, described as "the first of the clandfamily to emerge from the shadows of history as a visible human being". His father was Hugh Acland (c. 1543 – 1622) of Acland, Sheriff of Devon in 1611, and he was the eldest of his four sons. His mother was Margaret Monke (died 1619), who was a daugh ...
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Arthur Floyer-Acland
Lieutenant General Arthur Nugent Floyer-Acland, (7 September 1885 – 18 February 1980) was a senior officer of the British Army who served in both the First and Second World Wars. He was Military Secretary from 1940 to 1942. In later life, he was High Sheriff and Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset. Early life Born Arthur Acland on 7 September 1885, he was the second son of John Edward Acland and his wife Norah Letitia, daughter of Henry Nugent Bankes. He was educated in Blundell's School, located in Tiverton, Devon. In 1928, he assumed by Royal Licence the additional surname Floyer to inherit the estates of George Floyer. Military career Floyer-Acland entered the British Army in 1905 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the 5th Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. In February 1907, he was transferred to the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. He fought in the First World War, receiving the Military Cross in 1915. He was promoted to a brevet-major in 1917, ment ...
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Sir Arthur Dyke Acland, 13th Baronet
Sir Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland, 13th Baronet, PC (13 October 18479 October 1926) was a Liberal politician and political author. He is best remembered for his involvement in education, serving as Vice-President of the Council of Education under William Ewart Gladstone and the Earl of Rosebery between 1892 and 1895. Background and education Acland was born at Holnicote, near Porlock, Somerset, the second son of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 11th Baronet, and Mary, daughter of Sir Charles Mordaunt, 8th Baronet. Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 12th Baronet, was his elder brother. He was educated at Rugby School and Christ Church, Oxford, and was called to the Bar, Inner Temple, in 1867. Early career After graduation, Acland became a lecturer and tutor at Keble College, Oxford. He became a deacon in the Church of England in 1872 and a priest in 1874. He retired from holy orders in 1879 to pursue a political career. He served in various posts at colleges at Oxford from 1877 to 1885, most nota ...
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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 to Liberal Party MP Francis Dyke Acland and Eleanor Margaret Cropper, 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.''The Times House of Commons'' (1951), p.166 During the Second World War, he served with the Border Regiment, rising to become a Captain. After the war, Acland became joint managing director of some paper mills, and he stood unsuccessfully for the Liberal Party in Westmorland at each election from 1945 to 1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicin ...
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Arthur Acland (MP)
Arthur Acland may refer to: * Sir Arthur Acland (died 1610) (1573–1610) of Acland, Landkey, Devon, knight * Arthur Floyer-Acland (1885–1980), British soldier *Sir Arthur Dyke Acland, 13th Baronet (1847–1926), Liberal politician and political author *Geoffrey Acland (Arthur Geoffrey Dyke Acland, 1908–1964), Liberal politician * Arthur Acland (MP), British Member of Parliament for Barnstaple Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town in North Devon, England, at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool and won great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, bu ...