Arthur Dyke Acland
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The Right Honourable Sir Arthur Dyke Acland Bt |
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| Vice-President of the Committee on Education | |
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In office 25 August 1892 – 21 June 1895 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister |
William Ewart Gladstone The Earl of Rosebery |
| Preceded by | Sir William Hart Dyke, Bt |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Eldon Gorst |
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| Born |
13 October 1847 Holnicote, near Porlock, Somerset |
| Died | 9 October 1926 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Alice Acland (m. 1873; d. 1935) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Sir Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland, 13th Baronet, PC (13 October 1847 – 9 October 1926) was a Liberal politician and political author. He is best remembered for his involvement with educational issues and served as Vice-President of the Council of Education under William Ewart Gladstone and the Earl of Rosebery between 1892 and 1895.
Dyke Acland was born at Holnicote, near Porlock, Somerset, the second son of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 11th Baronet, and Mary, daughter of Sir Charles Mordaunt, 8th Baronet. Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 12th Baronet, was his elder brother. He was educated at Rugby School and Christ Church, Oxford, and was called to the Bar, Inner Temple, in 1867.
After receiving his degree, Dyke Acland remained at Oxford and became a lecturer and tutor at Keble College. He became a deacon in the Church of England in 1872 and a priest in 1874. However, to take up a political career, Acland retired from holy orders in 1879. He served in a number of posts at various colleges at Oxford from 1877 to 1885. Most notable, perhaps, was his administration, from 1878 onwards, of the Oxford Extension Lectures, which both furthered his grounding in the education field and brought him into close contact with the industrial classes in the North of England, who would become his political base. In 1886, he served as President of the second day of the Co-operative Congress.
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