Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland
Sir Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland, 13th Baronet, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC (13 October 18479 October 1926) was a Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician and political author. He is best remembered for his involvement in education, serving as Secretary of State for Education and Skills, Vice-President of the Council of Education under William Ewart Gladstone and the Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Earl of Rosebery between 1892 and 1895. Background and education Acland was born at Holnicote Estate, 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 Call to the Bar, 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 ...
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The Right Honourable
''The Right Honourable'' ( abbreviation: ''Rt Hon.'' or variations) is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and collective bodies in the United Kingdom, the former British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations. The term is predominantly used today as a style associated with the holding of certain senior public offices in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, and to a lesser extent, Australia. ''Right'' in this context is an adverb meaning 'very' or 'fully'. Grammatically, ''The Right Honourable'' is an adjectival phrase which gives information about a person. As such, it is not considered correct to apply it in direct address, nor to use it on its own as a title in place of a name; but rather it is used in the third person along with a name or noun to be modified. ''Right'' may be abbreviated to ''Rt'', and ''Honourable'' to ''Hon.'', or both. ''The'' is sometimes dropped in written abbreviated form, but is always pronounced. Countries with common or ...
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