Sir Francis Dyke Acland, 14th Baronet
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Sir Francis Dyke Acland, 14th Baronet (7 March 1874 – 9 June 1939) was a British Liberal politician.
The son of the 13th Baronet, Acland was educated at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford. He initially worked in education in South Kensington and in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Acland was elected as Member of Parliament for Richmond, Yorkshire from 1906–1910; Camborne from 1910–1922, Tiverton, Devon from 1923–1924, and for North Cornwall from 1932–39.
Acland was Parliamentary Private Secretary to R. B. Haldane, Secretary of State for War, from 1906–1908, and held office as Financial Secretary to the War Office from 1908–1910, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1911–1915, Financial Secretary to the Treasury from February–June 1915 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries from 1915–1916. He was also a Forestry Commissioner.
He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1915 and succeeded his father to the baronetcy in 1926.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by John Hutton |
Member of Parliament for Richmond, North Yorkshire 1906–January 1910 |
Succeeded by 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 Gilert Troyte |
| Preceded by Sir Donald Maclean |
Member of Parliament for North Cornwall 1932–1939 |
Succeeded by Thomas Lewis Horabin |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Thomas McKinnon Wood |
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1911–1915 |
Succeeded by Neil Primrose |
| Baronetage of England | ||
| Preceded by Sir Arthur Dyke Acland |
Baronet (of Columb John, Devonshire) 1926–1939 |
Succeeded by Sir Richard Dyke Acland |
