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The Right Honourable
Sir Francis Dyke Acland
Bt DL JP
The Right Honourable Sir Francis Dyke Acland Bt DL JP
	circa 1908
Under-Secretary of State ; for Foreign Affairs
	In office; 23 October 1911 – 4 February 1915
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	H. H. Asquith
Preceded by	Thomas McKinnon Wood
Succeeded by	Neil James Archibald Primrose
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
	In office; 3 February 1915 – 25 May 1915
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	H. H. Asquith
Preceded by	Hon. Edwin Samuel Montagu
Succeeded by	Hon. Edwin Samuel Montagu
Personal details
Born	7 March 1874
Died	9 June 1939 (aged 65)
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	1 Eleanor Acland née Cropper ; (d. 1933) ; (2) Constance Dudley ; (d. 1940)
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford

Sir Francis Dyke Acland, 14th Baronet, PC, DL, JP (7 March 1874 – 9 June 1939) was a British Liberal politician. He notably served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs under Sir Edward Grey between 1911 and 1915. Ideologically, he was an adherent of the "New Liberalism" within the Liberal Party.^[1]

Background and education

Acland was the son of Sir Arthur Dyke Acland, 13th Baronet, and Alice Sophia Cunningham, daughter of Reverend Francis Macaulay Cunningham.^[2] He was educated at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford. He worked as a junior examiner in the education department in South Kensington from 1900 to 1903, and as assistant director for secondary education in the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1903.^[3]

Political career

Acland was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1906, a seat he held until 1910,^[2]^[4] and later represented Camborne from 1910 to 1922,^[2]^[5] Tiverton from 1923 to 1924^[2]^[6] and North Cornwall from 1932 to 1939.^[2]^[7] He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Richard Haldane, the Secretary of State for War, from 1906 to 1908. He held government office in the Liberal Ministry of H. H. Asquith firstly as Financial Secretary to the War Office from 1908 to 1910. In 1911, he was promoted to Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to work closely under Sir Edward Grey. He remained in this position throughout the build-up of tensions in Europe which led to the outbreak of war. In February 1915, he was moved to the post of Financial Secretary to the Treasury before being moved again, when Asquith formed his coalition. in June 1915 to Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to accommodate Unionist nominees. In 1915, he was sworn of the Privy Council.^[8]^[9]^: 3

In 1917, he was appointed Chairman of the Departmental Committee "to inquire into the extent and gravity of the evils of dental practice by persons not qualified under the Dentists Act [1878]." Based on the recommendations of this committee a bill was introduced into parliament which eventually became the Dentists Act 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 21) which established the Dental Board of the United Kingdom. Acland was appointed its first chairman – a position he held until his death.^[10]

Acland also was influential in setting up the Forestry Commission and served as a commissioner until his death,^[11] a Deputy Lieutenant of Devon and a Justice of the Peace for Devon and the North Riding of Yorkshire. In 1926, he succeeded his father as fourteenth Baronet.^[2]

Family

Acland married firstly Eleanor Margaret Cropper, daughter of Charles James Cropper, in 1895.^[3] They had three sons and one daughter. After Eleanor's death in December 1933 he married secondly Constance, daughter of George Dudley, in 1937. Acland died in June 1939, aged 65, and was succeeded by his eldest son from his first marriage, Richard. Lady Dyke Acland died in October 1940.^[2] His second son, Geoffrey Acland, became a leading figure in the Liberal Party.^[12] His great-grandson, Chris Acland became the drummer for shoegaze band Lush.

Audio Recordings

The Liberal Land Policy, 20 April 1929, WA-8854-55
Care of the Teeth, 15 August 1929, WAX 5141-42^[13]

References

^ Tanner, Duncan (13 February 2003). "Political Change and the Labour Party 1900–1918". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Person Page – 3119". The Peerage. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b Who's Who in Devonshire. Hereford: Wilson & Phillips. 1934. p. 6.
^ "The House of Commons Constituencies beginning with "R"". Leigh Rayment's peerage page. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
^ "The House of Commons Constituencies beginning with "C"". Leigh Rayment's peerage page. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
^ "The House of Commons Constituencies beginning with "T"". Leigh Rayment's peerage page. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
^ "The House of Commons Constituencies beginning with "C"". Leigh Rayment's peerage page. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
^ "No. 29197". The London Gazette. 18 June 1915. p. 5863.
^ Acland, Francis Dyke; Acland, Eleanor (2006). Garry Tregidga (ed.). Killerton, Camborne and Westminster: The Political Correspondence of Sir Francis and Lady Acland, 1910-29. New Series. Vol. 48. Exeter: Devon and Cornwall Record Society. ISBN 0-901853-48-8.
^ "British Dental Journal 1939; 67 (1): 38–9. Obituary. Sir Francis Dyke Acland". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
^ "Society's and other news". Forestry. 13 (2): 156–158. 1939. Retrieved 17 December 2016.^{[dead link‍]}
^ The Times House of Commons (1959), p.171
^ Brian Rust: "Discography of historical records on cylinders and 78s", Greenwood Press, London 1979

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Francis Dyke Acland

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Hutton	Member of Parliament for Richmond 1906 – January 1910	Succeeded by Hon. William Orde-Powlett
Preceded by Albert Dunn	Member of Parliament for Camborne December 1910 – 1922	Succeeded by Algernon Moreing
Preceded by Herbert Sparkes	Member of Parliament for Tiverton 1923 – 1924	Succeeded by Gilbert Acland-Troyte
Preceded by Sir Donald Maclean	Member of Parliament for North Cornwall 1932 – 1939	Succeeded by Tom Horabin
Political offices
Preceded by Thomas Buchanan	Financial Secretary to the War Office 1908–1910	Succeeded by Charles Mallet
Preceded by Charles Mallet	Financial Secretary to the War Office 1911	Succeeded by Harold Tennant
Preceded by Thomas McKinnon Wood	Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1911–1915	Succeeded by Hon. Neil Primrose
Preceded by Hon. Edwin Samuel Montagu	Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1915	Succeeded by Hon. Edwin Samuel Montagu
Preceded by Sir Harry Verney, Bt	Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries 1915–1916	Succeeded by Sir Richard Winfrey
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Arthur Dyke Acland	Baronet (of Columb John) 1926–1939	Succeeded by Richard Dyke Acland

[1] Tanner, Duncan (13 February 2003). "Political Change and the Labour Party 1900–1918". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

[thepeerage.com-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Person Page – 3119". The Peerage. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

[WWD-3] Who's Who in Devonshire. Hereford: Wilson & Phillips. 1934. p. 6.

[4] "The House of Commons Constituencies beginning with "R"". Leigh Rayment's peerage page. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

[5] "The House of Commons Constituencies beginning with "C"". Leigh Rayment's peerage page. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

[6] "The House of Commons Constituencies beginning with "T"". Leigh Rayment's peerage page. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

[7] "The House of Commons Constituencies beginning with "C"". Leigh Rayment's peerage page. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

[8] "No. 29197". The London Gazette. 18 June 1915. p. 5863.

[KillCambWest-9] Acland, Francis Dyke; Acland, Eleanor (2006). Garry Tregidga (ed.). Killerton, Camborne and Westminster: The Political Correspondence of Sir Francis and Lady Acland, 1910-29. New Series. Vol. 48. Exeter: Devon and Cornwall Record Society. ISBN 0-901853-48-8.

[10] "British Dental Journal 1939; 67 (1): 38–9. Obituary. Sir Francis Dyke Acland". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

[11] "Society's and other news". Forestry. 13 (2): 156–158. 1939. Retrieved 17 December 2016.^{[dead link‍]}

[12] The Times House of Commons (1959), p.171

[13] Brian Rust: "Discography of historical records on cylinders and 78s", Greenwood Press, London 1979

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Francis Dyke Acland

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