Sir William Henry Dyke Acland, 3rd Baronet MC

Military Cross

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 AFC

Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)

The Air Force Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom Armed Forces, and formerly also to officers of the other Commonwealth countries, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying, though not in active operations against the enemy"...

 TD

Territorial Decoration

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 JP

Justice of the Peace

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 DL

Deputy Lieutenant

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 (18 May 1888 – 4 December 1970) was the eldest son of Sir William Acland, 2nd Baronet

Sir William Acland, 2nd Baronet

Admiral Sir William Alison Dyke Acland, 2nd Baronet CVO JP DL was a Royal Navy admiral.-Career:He rose to the rank of Admiral in the Royal Navy. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Devon, and a Justice of the Peace for Oxfordshire and Devon...

 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.

Career

He fought in the Great War, where he was wounded, and Mentioned in Dispatches

Mentioned in Dispatches

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. He served with the Royal Artillery

Royal Artillery

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 and the Royal Flying Corps

Royal Flying Corps

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. He was awarded with the Military Cross

Military Cross

The Military Cross is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and other ranks of the British Armed Forces; and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries....

, the Air Force Cross

Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)

The Air Force Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom Armed Forces, and formerly also to officers of the other Commonwealth countries, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying, though not in active operations against the enemy"...

 and the Territorial Decoration

Territorial Decoration

The Territorial Decoration was a medal of the United Kingdom awarded for long service in the Territorial Force and its successor, the Territorial Army...

. At various times he acted as Deputy Lieutenant

Deputy Lieutenant

In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....

, Justice of the Peace

Justice of the Peace

A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...

, High Sheriff

High Sheriff of Hertfordshire

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(1851) and County Alderman for Hertfordshire.

Family

He married Margaret Emily Barclay, 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)