Gilbert Acland-Troyte

Lieutenant Colonel Sir Gilbert John Acland-Troyte CMG DSO JP (4 September 1876 – 27 April 1964) of Huntsham Court, near Tiverton, Devon, was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.

He was the third son of Colonel Charles Arthur William Troyte of Huntsham Court, by his wife Katherine Mary Walrond, daughter of Sir John Walrond, 1st Baronet of Bradfield House, Uffculme, Devon. Acland-Troyte was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge

In 1896 Acland-Troyte served as 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment He was transferred to the King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1899 and fought in the Second Boer War one year later, where he was dangerously wounded. He was with his regiment in Somaliland between 1903 and 1904 and was afterwards promoted to lieutenant. He rose to captain by 1905, for services to the Colonial Office.

During the First World War, Acland-Troyte was mentioned in despatches seven times. He was appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General in the beginning of 1915 and was promoted to major in September. In 1916 Acland-Troyte was decorated with the Distinguished Service Order and in 1917 was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG). After the war he received the French Croix de Guerre in January 1919 and retired as brevet lieutenant-colonel a few months later. At the outbreak of the Second World War he was reactivated and in 1940 joined the Home Guard.

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