Acland baronets
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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.
Sir John Acland, 1st Baronet of Colum John. Portrait c. 1644 by Robert Walker (1599–1658), collection of National Trust, Killerton House
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet of Colum John
John Dyke Acland
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Colonel John Dyke Acland, of Tetton and Pixton in Somerset, was Tory Member of Parliament for Callington in Cornwall and fought in the American War of Independence in 1777.
Colonel Acland and Lord Sydney, The Archers, by Joshua Reynolds, 1769. Acquired in September 2005 by the Tate Gallery, London, for over £2.5 million ($4.4 million)
Lady Harriet Acland (née Fox-Strangways) on the Hudson River, drawn & engraved by Robert Pollard, 1784