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Sir William Acland, 2nd Baronet

Index Sir William Acland, 2nd Baronet

Admiral Sir William Alison Dyke Acland, 2nd Baronet, (18 December 1847 – 26 November 1924) was a Royal Navy admiral. [1]

21 relations: Acland baronets, Admiral (Royal Navy), Admiral-superintendent, Channel Fleet, Deputy Lieutenant, Devon, Gibdock, Gibraltar, Henry Acland, HMS Magnificent (1894), Hubert Acland, Justice of the peace, Oxford University Press, Oxfordshire, Pre-dreadnought battleship, Royal Navy, Royal Victorian Order, Sarah Acland, Sir William Acland, 3rd Baronet, The Mount (Gibraltar), William Henry Smith (1825–1891).

Acland baronets

There have been four baronetcies created for members of the Acland family, which originated in the 12th century at the estate of Acland in the parish of Landkey, North Devon, two in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

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Admiral (Royal Navy)

Admiral is a senior rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, which equates to the NATO rank code OF-9, outranked only by the rank admiral of the fleet.

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Admiral-superintendent

The admiral-superintendent was the Royal Navy officer in command of a larger Naval Dockyard.

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Channel Fleet

The Channel Fleet and originally known as the Channel Squadron was the Royal Navy formation of warships that defended the waters of the English Channel from 1859 to 1909 and 1914 to 1915.

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Deputy Lieutenant

In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is a Crown appointment and one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area: an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county.

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Devon

Devon, also known as Devonshire, which was formerly its common and official name, is a county of England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south.

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Gibdock

Gibdock is a shipyard in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.

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Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Henry Acland

Sir Henry Wentworth Dyke Acland, 1st Baronet, KCB (23 August 181516 October 1900).

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HMS Magnificent (1894)

HMS Magnificent was one of the nine pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy.

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Hubert Acland

Captain Sir Hubert Guy Dyke Acland, 4th Baronet Acland, DSO (8 June 1890 – 6 May 1978) was an officer in the British Royal Navy who served during both World Wars.

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Justice of the peace

A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer, of a lower or puisne court, elected or appointed by means of a commission (letters patent) to keep the peace.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Oxonium, the Latin name for Oxford) is a county in South East England.

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Pre-dreadnought battleship

Pre-dreadnought battleships were sea-going battleships built between the mid- to late 1880s and 1905, before the launch of.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Royal Victorian Order

The Royal Victorian Order (Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria.

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Sarah Acland

Sarah Acland, Lady Acland (née Cotton, 21 July 1815 – 25 October 1878) was the wife of Sir Henry Acland, Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford.

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Sir William Acland, 3rd Baronet

Sir William Henry Dyke Acland, 3rd Baronet (18 May 1888 – 4 December 1970) was the eldest son of Sir William Acland, 2nd Baronet and Hon.

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The Mount (Gibraltar)

The Mount is the former official residence of the senior officer of the Royal Navy stationed in Gibraltar.

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William Henry Smith (1825–1891)

William Henry Smith, FRS (24 June 1825 – 6 October 1891) was an English bookseller and newsagent of the family firm W H Smith, who expanded the firm and introduced the practice of selling books and newspapers at railway stations.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_Acland,_2nd_Baronet

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