Edward Dyke Acland

Rear Admiral Edward Leopold Dyke Acland MVO CB (7 December 1878 – 11 March 1968), a member of the ancient Acland family of Devon, was a Rear Admiral and Naval Attaché to King George V.

Biography

Born on 7 December 1878, Edward Leopold Dyke Acland was the eldest son of Rev. Henry Dyke Acland (born 1850), Rector of Nymet St George, Devon, by his wife Clementina Hart Davis. He was a great-grandson of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet (1787-1871) of Killerton, Devon. He was educated at Bedford School and served in the Royal Navy during the First World War. Between 1930 and 1933, he was Commander of the Royal Naval Engineering College, Keyham, Devon. In 1933, he became Naval Attaché to King George V. He retired from the Royal Navy in 1937.

In 1917, Edward Dyke Acland was appointed MVO and, in 1937, he was appointed CB.

In 1910, Edward Dyke Acland married Phyllis Mary Whipple, with whom he had two children. He died on 11 March 1968 at the age of 89. His wife died on 25 September 1973.