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 | | Acland, Sir Arthur Herbert Dyke, thirteenth baronet, of Columb John, Devon 1847-1926, politician and educational reformer, born at Holnicote, near Porlock, 13 October 1847, was the third son of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, eleventh baronet [qv.], by his first wife, Mary, daughter of Sir Charles Mordaunt, eighth baronet, of Massingham, Norfolk. |
 | | With regard to his general position in the Cabinet, Acland had the reputation among his colleagues of keeping in touch with the labour people and their mind [Morley, Recollections, i, 324], and Lord Morley states that, on Gladstone's retirement in 1894, Earl Spencer, Mr. |
 | | Acland was president of the general committee of the National Liberal Federation in 1906. |
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