Acland Papers 1930s-c 1989

Acland, Richard, Sir, 1906-1990

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Common Wealth Party 1942-1969

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Sir Richard Acland

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Sir Richard Thomas Dyke Acland (1906-1990), fifteenth baronet, politician and benefactor, was born in Broadclyst, Devon, as eldest son of Sir Francis Dyke Acland, landowner and liberal politician, and his wife Eleanor Margaret. He was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford, where he read philosophy, politics and economics. He then served as a lieutenant in the Royal North Devon Yeomanry. He stood unsuccessfully as a Liberal candidate for Torquay in 1929, an...