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 officer who rose to the rank of Admiral. He served in the Mediterranean Fleet, North American Station, Australia Station and the Chann ...

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

Eton College Eton College ( ) is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school providing boarding school, boarding education for boys aged 13–18, in the small town of Eton, Berkshire, Eton, in Berkshire, in the United Kingdom. It has educated Prime Mini ...

and

Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church (, the temple or house, ''wikt:aedes, ædes'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by Henry V ...

Career

He fought in the

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, where he was wounded, and

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. He served with the

Royal Artillery The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is one of two regiments that make up the artillery arm of the British Army. The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises t ...

and the

Royal Flying Corps The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service on 1 April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force. During the early part of the war, the RFC sup ...

. He was awarded with the

Military Cross The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level (second-level until 1993) military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) Other ranks (UK), other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and formerly awarded to officers of other Commonwealth of ...

, the Air Force Cross and the

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. At various times he acted as Deputy Lieutenant, Justice of the Peace, 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

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William Henry Dyke 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 Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Fourth Degree 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