Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 11th Baronet

Sir Thomas Acland
Member of Parliament for Wellington
In office
1885–1886
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byCharles Elton
Member of Parliament for Devonshire North
In office
1865–1885
Preceded byJames Wentworth Buller
Charles Trefusis
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of Parliament for Somerset West
In office
1837–1847
Preceded byEdward Ayshford Sanford
Charles Kemeys-Tynte
Succeeded byCharles Moody
Alexander Hood
Personal details
Born
Thomas Dyke Acland

(1809-05-25)25 May 1809
Died29 May 1898(1898-05-29) (aged 89)
Political partyTory, Liberal
Spouses
Mary Mordaunt
(m. 1841; died 1851)
Mary Erskine
(m. 1856; died 1892)
RelationsSir Henry Acland, 1st Baronet (brother)
Parent(s)Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet
Lydia Elizabeth Hoare
EducationHarrow School
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
Military service
Branch/serviceRoyal 1st Devon Yeomanry
RankMajor

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]

  1. ^ Chambers Biographical Dictionary, ISBN 0-550-18022-2, page 6.