Eleanor Margaret Acland | |
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Born | Eleanor Margaret Cropper 1878 |
Died | 12 December 1933 |
Nationality | British |
Other names | Eleanor Acland, Margaret Burneside |
Occupation(s) | politician, novelist |
Known for | suffragist |
Spouse | Francis Dyke Acland (1905–1933) |
Children | Richard Acland, Geoffrey Acland, Cuthbert Henry Dyke Acland, Eleanor Edith Dyke Acland |
Eleanor Margaret Acland, née Cropper (1878 – 12 December 1933) was a British Liberal Party politician, suffragist, and novelist. Until 1895 she was known as Eleanor Cropper, from 1895 to 1926 she was known as Eleanor Acland, and from 1926 to her death in 1933 she was known as Lady Acland. She served as president of the Women's Liberal Federation.