Acland baronets of St Mary Magdalen (1890)

Escutcheon of the Acland baronets of St Mary Magdalen

The Acland baronetcy, of St Mary Magdalen in Oxford, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 16 June 1890 for the physician and scientist Henry Wentworth Acland. He was the fourth son of the 10th Baronet of the 1644/1678 creation.

He was succeeded by his eldest son, the 2nd Baronet, an admiral in the Royal Navy. On his death the title passed to his eldest son, the 3rd Baronet, a lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Devon Yeomanry and a major in the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force. He died without male issue and was succeeded by his younger brother, the 4th Baronet, a captain in the Royal Navy. As of 2024 the title is held by his grandson, the 6th Baronet, who succeeded his father in 1983.

Acland baronets, of St Mary Magdalen (1890)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Alexander John Dyke Acland, born 1973.[6] He is an education consultant and founder of the New Edinburgh Orchestra.[7]

Extended family

Notes

  1. ^ "Acland, Sir Henry Wentworth Dyke". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "Acland, Adm. Sir William Alison Dyke". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ "Acland, Sir William Henry Dyke". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ^ "Acland, Captain Sir Hubert (Guy Dyke)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ "Acland, Sir Antony Guy". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ^ a b "Acland, Lt-Col Sir (Christopher) Guy (Dyke)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ^ "Alex Acland, Heidrick & Struggles". Archived from the original on 2013-09-02.