Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 11th Baronet
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Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 11th Baronet, FRS (25 May 1809 – 29 May 1898) was a British educational reformer and a politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1837 and 1886 initially as a Tory and later, after an eighteen-year gap, as a Liberal.[1]
Quick Facts Member of Parliament for Wellington, Preceded by ...
Thomas Acland | |
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Member of Parliament for Wellington | |
In office 1885–1886 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Charles Elton |
Member of Parliament for Devonshire North | |
In office 1865–1885 | |
Preceded by | James Wentworth Buller Charles Trefusis |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Member of Parliament for Somerset West | |
In office 1837–1847 | |
Preceded by | Edward Ayshford Sanford Charles Kemeys-Tynte |
Succeeded by | Charles Moody Alexander Hood |
Personal details | |
Born | Thomas Dyke Acland (1809-05-25)25 May 1809 |
Died | 29 May 1898(1898-05-29) (aged 89) |
Political party | Tory, Liberal |
Spouses | Mary Mordaunt
(m. 1841; died 1851)Mary Erskine
(m. 1856; died 1892) |
Relations | Sir Henry Acland, 1st Baronet (brother) |
Parent(s) | Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet Lydia Elizabeth Hoare |
Education | Harrow School |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Military service | |
Branch/service | Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry |
Rank | Major |
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