His only son was the 8th Baronet but as he died young (1778–1785), the baronetcy passed to Major John's brother, Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 9th Baronet.
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Acland Street is named for Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, who owned the schooner Lady of St Kilda between 1834 and 1840.
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.
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.
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Among his many business interests Acland was the owner of a schooner called Lady of St Kilda, which he bought in 1834.
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.