Clement-Jones family - Person Sheet
NameArthur Geoffrey Dyke ACLAND, 807
Birth1908
Death1964
EducationRugby and Trinity College Cambridge
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Arthur Geoffrey Dyke Acland (17 May 1908 – 14 September 1964), known as Geoffrey Acland, was a
British Liberal Party politician.
Born near
Hanover Square in London[1] to Liberal Party
MP Francis Dyke Acland, Geoffrey was the younger brother of
Richard Acland, who later became a
Common Wealth Party and
Labour Party MP. He studied at
Rugby School,
Trinity College, Cambridge and the
University of Grenoble.[2] During
World War II, he served with the
Border Regiment, rising to become a Captain.
After the war, Acland became joint managing director of some
paper mills, and he stood unsuccessfully for the
Liberal Party in
Westmorland at each election from
1945 to
1959. From 1954 to 1956, he was the Chairman of the Liberal Party.