Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet

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A drawing of Acland
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Statue in Northernhay Gardens, Exeter

Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet (29 March 1787 – 22 July 1871) was a British politician and baronet.

Background

Born in London, he was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 9th Baronet and his wife, Henrietta Anne Hoare, daughter of Sir Richard Hoare, 1st Baronet.[1] The Aclands were an old Devon family and successive generations of the family sat in the House of Commons for the county. His family had extensive properties on what is now the Holnicote Estate and particularly the village of Selworthy. In 1794, he succeeded his father as baronet. Acland was educated at Harrow School (between 1799-1804) and Christ Church, Oxford and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1808, and a Master of Arts in 1814.[1] He gained a Doctor of Civil Laws degree in 1831.[1]

Career

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Among his many business interests Acland was the owner of a schooner called Lady of St Kilda, which he bought in 1834. It was named for the remote Scottish archipelago he visited with his wife in 1812 when he made the earliest extant sketches of the old clachan.

On the maiden voyage of his new yacht in 1834 he again visited the islands, leaving twenty gold sovereigns with the minister to assist in the building of new houses, which was later matched by their improving Landlord, Lt Col MacLeod of Skye.[4] In 1842 the schooner visited the township of Melbourne in Australia, which had been founded in 1835.

As a result of that visit, the suburb of St Kilda was named after the ship, and Acland Street, one of St Kilda's main commercial centres, was named after Acland.

Philanthropy

As a public benefactor, he commissioned Compass Point storm tower, which was built near Bude in 1835.[5]

Family

In 1808, he married Lydia Elizabeth Hoare,[6] daughter of the banker Henry Hoare of Mitcham Grove, and had issue.[1]

References

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  7. ↑ The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 1797; Folio: 46; Page: 20; GSU roll: 6096907
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  9. ↑ The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Herald's Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620. (1895). United Kingdom: For the author, by H. S. Eland.
  10. ↑ England Deaths and Burials, 1538–1991. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

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