Sir William Acland, 2nd Baronet


Sir William Alison Dyke Acland, 2nd Baronet, was a Royal Navy admiral.

Early life

William Acland was the eldest son of Sir Henry Acland, 1st Baronet and Sarah Cotton.

Career

Acland rose to the rank of admiral in the Royal Navy. He was appointed second in command of the Channel Squadron from early June 1901, and hoisted his flag on board the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Magnificent on 5 June 1901. After a year he was relieved of the command in the Channel Squadron, and struck his flag on the Magnificent on 5 June 1902. Four months later, he was appointed Admiral Superintendent of the Gibraltar Dockyard, and was received in audience by King Edward VII on 21 October 1902, before taking up the position later the same month when he hoisted his flag at the receiving ship HMS Cormorant on 30 October.
He lived at the official residence The Mount whilst he held the office of Admiral Superintendent of the Gibraltar Dockyard from 1902 to 1904.
He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Devon, and a Justice of the Peace for Oxfordshire and Devon.

Personal life

William Acland married Hon. Emily Anna Smith, daughter of the Rt. Hon. William Henry Smith and Emily Danvers, Viscountess Hambleden, on 7 July 1887, and had the following children:
Acland succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet Acland, of St Mary Magdalen, Oxford on the latter's death on 16 October 1900. On his death in 1924, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son.