Sir Francis Dyke Acland | |
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Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | |
In office 23 October 1911 – 4 February 1915 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
Preceded by | Thomas McKinnon Wood |
Succeeded by | Neil James Archibald Primrose |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 3 February 1915 – 25 May 1915 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
Preceded by | Hon. Edwin Samuel Montagu |
Succeeded by | Hon. Edwin Samuel Montagu |
Personal details | |
Born | 7 March 1874 |
Died | 9 June 1939 | (aged 65)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | 1 Eleanor Acland née Cropper (d. 1933) (2) Constance Dudley (d. 1940) |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Sir Francis Dyke Acland, 14th Baronet, PC, DL, JP (7 March 1874 – 9 June 1939) was a British Liberal politician. He notably served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs under Sir Edward Grey between 1911 and 1915. Ideologically, he was an adherent of the "New Liberalism" within the Liberal Party.[1]