Sir William Henry Dyke Acland, 3rd Baronet (18 May 1888 – 4 December 1970) was the eldest son of

Sir William Acland, 2nd Baronet Admiral Sir William Alison Dyke Acland, 2nd Baronet, (18 December 1847 – 26 November 1924) was a Royal Navy admiral. Early life William Acland was the eldest son of Sir Henry Acland, 1st Baronet and Sarah Cotton. Career Acland rose to the ...

and Hon. Emily Anna Smith.

Succession

He succeeded his father as 3rd Baronet Acland, of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford on the latter's death on 26 November 1924. On his death in 1970 he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother.

Education

He attended

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and

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Career

He fought in the Great War, where he was wounded, and

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. He served with the

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and the

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. He was awarded with the

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, the Air Force Cross and the

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. At various times he acted as Deputy Lieutenant,

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, High Sheriff (1851) and County Alderman for Hertfordshire.

Family

He married Margaret Emily Barclay (d.1967), daughter of Charles Theodore Barclay, on 26 April 1916, and had issue: *Elizabeth Margaret Acland (1919–1998), married Major Edward Cecil O'Brien (1943) *Juliet Mary Acland (1922–1991), married Peter Robert Tabor (1939) *Sarah Josephine Acland (1930–1961), married George Edward Brown (1954) *Rosalyn Emily Patricia Acland (21 November 1931 – 2006),General Register Office: United Kingdom: ''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007'' atabase on-line married Kenneth John Coles (1953)

References

Sources

*'ACLAND, Sir William Henry Dyke', Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 1888 births 1970 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford William Henry Dyke Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Royal Artillery officers Deputy Lieutenants of Hertfordshire English justices of the peace High Sheriffs of Hertfordshire Recipients of the Air Force Cross (United Kingdom) Recipients of the Military Cross Royal Flying Corps officers Royal Air Force officers British Army personnel of World War I Royal Air Force personnel of World War I {{UK-baronet-stub