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9 unusual facts about Acland


Acland, Queensland

Ahead of the mine's development, several Queensland bottle trees were prepared for transplantation to the new National Arboretum in Canberra.

Elizabeth Acland Hood Gass

Her father was himself a younger son of Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St Audries.

Fairfield, Stogursey

By 1870 Alexander Acland-Hood controlled the estate.

Hugh Acland

Sir Jack Acland (Hugh John Acland, 1904–1981), New Zealand politician

John Acland

John Dyke Acland (1746–1778), British Army officer and MP for Callington 1774–1778

Luccombe, Somerset

In 1944 Sir Richard Acland gave the Holnicote Estate, which includes Luccombe, to the National Trust.

Oxford University Society of Change Ringers

The society was founded by John Edward Troyte (1848–1932, né Acland) on 2 February 1872, making it the oldest university society dedicated to change ringing.

West Quantoxhead

The new church, rededicated to St. Ethel Dreda, was built by John Morton for Sir Peregrine Acland and his son-in-law, Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St Audries of the Acland baronets.

Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood PC was the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Wellington from 1892 until 1911, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 1900 to 1902 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) from 1902 until 1905.


Acland Street, Melbourne

Acland Street is named for Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, who owned the schooner Lady of St Kilda between 1834 and 1840.

Cattleya aclandiae

Cattleya aclandiae ("Lady Ackland's Cattleya") is a species of orchid from the genus Cattleya, named in honor of Lady Lydia Elizabeth Acland, wife of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet who was the first European to grow the plant successfully.

Edward Leopold Dyke Acland

Rear-Admiral Edward Leopold Dyke Acland MVO CB (1878-1968), a member of the Acland Baronetcy, was a rear-admiral and naval attaché to King George V.

Hubert Acland

Captain Sir Hubert Guy Dyke Acland, 4th Baronet Acland of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford, DSO (8 June 1890 – 6 May 1976) was an officer in the British Royal Navy who served during both World Wars.

Simon Acland

Acland's father is Sir Antony Acland KG, GCMG, GCVO, former Head of the Diplomatic Service and British Ambassador in Washington.

Sir John Dyke Acland, 16th Baronet

Acland died on September 26, 2009 a day after being involved in a car accident near Bedford, England.

Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet

As a result of that visit, the suburb of St Kilda was named after the ship, and Acland St, one of St Kilda's main commercial centres, was named after Acland.

Among his many business interests Acland was the owner of a schooner called Lady of St Kilda, which he bought in 1834.

Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 11th Baronet

Acland was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet, and his wife Lydia Elizabeth Hoare, daughter of Henry Hoare, a partner in the banking firm of C. Hoare & Co.

Wroth Palmer Acland

Here Wellesley covered the dangerous disembarkation of Acland's brigade, and then drew up the two brigades with the rest of his army in a strong position at Vimeiro.


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