Francis Dyke Acland

Sir Francis Dyke Acland
circa 1908
Under-Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs
In office
23 October 1911 – 4 February 1915
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterH. H. Asquith
Preceded byThomas McKinnon Wood
Succeeded byNeil James Archibald Primrose
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
3 February 1915 – 25 May 1915
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterH. H. Asquith
Preceded byHon. Edwin Samuel Montagu
Succeeded byHon. Edwin Samuel Montagu
Personal details
Born7 March 1874 (1874-03-07)
Died9 June 1939 (1939-06-10) (aged 65)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)1 Eleanor Acland née Cropper
(d. 1933)
(2) Constance Dudley
(d. 1940)
Alma materBalliol 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]

  1. ^ Tanner, Duncan (13 February 2003). "Political Change and the Labour Party 1900–1918". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 30 May 2016.