Acland

Acland is an English surname. The Aclands of Devon (often Dyke Acland: see Acland baronets, Dyke Acland baronets) were an influential family, whose name was derived from Acland near Barnstaple. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander Acland Hood, multiple people
• Alfred Dyke Acland (1858–1937), British army officer, son of Sir Henry Wentworth Acland
• Alice Acland, multiple people
• Antony Guy Acland (1916–1983), British army officer and baronet
• Sir Antony Acland (1930–2021), Head of the Diplomatic Service and Provost of Eton
• Arthur Acland, multiple people
• Bessie Acland (1870–1959), New Zealand artist
• Charles R. Acland (born 1963), Canadian academic and author
• Chris Acland (1966–1996), 1990s Britpop musician
• Edward Dyke Acland (1878–1968), British naval officer
• Eleanor Acland (1878–1933), British Liberal politician, suffragist and novelist
• Emily Acland (1830–1905), pioneer settler in New Zealand and watercolour artist
• Francis Dyke Acland (1874–1939), British Liberal politician
• Gideon Acland (1777–1819), English merchant
• Gilbert Acland-Troyte (1876–1964), British soldier and Conservative Party politician
• Geoffrey Acland (1908–1964), British Liberal Party politician
• Guy Acland (born 1946), British Army officer and member of the British Royal Household
• Lady Harriet Acland (1750–1815), wife of John Dyke Acland
• Henry Acland (1815–1900), physician and son of Sir Thomas Acland
• Hubert Acland (1890–1978), British naval officer
• Hugh Acland, multiple people
• Jack Acland (1904–1981), New Zealand politician of the National Party
• John Acland, multiple people
• Mike Acland (born 1935), English footballer
• Peter Acland (1902–1993), son of Alfred Dyke Acland
• Reginald Acland (1856–1924), British barrister and judge
• Richard Acland (1679–1729), English politician
• Sir Richard Acland (1906–1990), 15th Baronet, Member of Parliament and one of the founders of UK's Common Wealth Party
• Richard Acland (bishop) (1881–1954), British soldier and Anglican bishop
• Robert D. Acland (1941–2016), son of Sir Richard Acland, and plastic surgeon and microsurgery pioneer
• Sarah Acland (1815–1878), wife of Sir Henry Acland
• Sarah Angelina Acland (1849–1930), daughter of Sir Henry Acland and Sarah Acland, and pioneer of colour photography
• Simon Acland (born 1958), son of Sir Antony Acland, British venture capitalist and author
• Stafford Floyer-Acland (1916–1994), British soldier
• Susan Acland-Hood (born 1977), British civil servant
• Theodore Acland (1890–1960), English educationist and cleric
• Theodore Dyke Acland (1851–1931), English surgeon and author
• Thomas Acland, multiple people
• William Acland, multiple people
• Wroth Palmer Acland (1770–1816), English soldier

See also

• Ackland, English surname
• Acland, Queensland, town in the Toowoomba Region, Australia
• Acland Hospital, Oxford, England
• Mount Acland, mountain in New Zealand