Sir William Acland, 3rd Baronet

Sir William Henry Dyke Acland, 3rd Baronet MC, AFC, TD, JP, DL (18 May 1888 – 4 December 1970) was the eldest son of Sir William Acland, 2nd Baronet 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 and Christ Church, Oxford.

Career

He fought in the Great War, where he was wounded, and Mentioned in Dispatches. He served with the Royal Artillery and the Royal Flying Corps. He was awarded with the Military Cross, the Air Force Cross and the Territorial Decoration. 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)
  • Emily Patricia Acland (b. 1931), married Kenneth John Coles (1953)
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References
  • thePeerage.com
  • ‘ACLAND, Sir William Henry Dyke’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007
Honorary titles
Preceded by
David Bowes-Lyon		 High Sheriff of Hertfordshire
1951		 Succeeded by
Charles Maynard
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Acland		 Baronet
(of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford)
1924–1970		 Succeeded by
Hubert Acland


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