Acland

Acland is an English surname. The Aclands of Devon (often Dyke Acland: see Acland baronets, Dyke Acland baronets) were an influential family, whose name was derived from Acland near Barnstaple.

• Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St Audries (1853–1917), British Conservative Party politician
• Alexander Acland Hood (disambiguation), multiple people
• Alfred Dyke Acland (1858–1937), lieutenant colonel in the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry (territorial army), son of Sir Henry Wentworth Acland
• Sir Antony Acland (born 1930), Head of the Diplomatic Service and Provost Eton
• Arthur Floyer-Acland (1885–1980), British soldier
• Charles R. Acland (born 1963), Canadian professor and author
• Chris Acland (1966–1996), 1990s Britpop musician
• Emily Acland (1830 - 905), pioneer settler in New Zealand and a watercolour artist
• Sir Francis Dyke Acland, 14th Baronet (1874–1939), British Liberal politician
• Gilbert Acland-Troyte (1876–1964), British soldier and Conservative Party politician
• Guy Acland (born 1946), British Army officer and member of the British Royal Household
• Lady Harriet Acland (1750–1815), wife of John Dyke Acland
• Henry Acland (1815–1900), physician and son of Sir Thomas Acland
• Hugh Acland (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jack Acland (1904–1981), New Zealand politician of the National Party
• John Acland (disambiguation), multiple people
• John Edward Troyte (1848–1932), or Acland-Troyte, born Acland, founder of the Oxford University Society of Change Ringers
• John Acland (British Army officer) (1928–2006), British Army officer
• Peter Acland (1902–1993), son of Alfred Dyke Acland
• Reginald Acland (1856–1924), British barrister and judge
• Sir Richard Acland (1906–1990), 15th Baronet, Member of Parliament and one of the founders of UK's Common Wealth Party
• Richard Acland (bishop) (1881–1954), British soldier and Anglican bishop
• Robert D. Acland (1941-2016), son of Sir Richard Acland, and plastic surgeon and microsurgery pioneer
• Sarah Acland (1815–1878), wife of Sir Henry Acland
• Sarah Angelina Acland (1849–1930), daughter of Sir Henry Acland and Sarah Acland, and pioneer of colour photography
• Stafford Floyer-Acland (1916–1994), British soldier
• Thomas Acland (disambiguation), multiple people

Places

• Acland, Queensland, Australia
• Acland Hospital, Oxford, England