Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 9th Baronet of Killerton in Devon and Holnicote in Somerset, was a prominent landowner and member of the West Country gentry. He was especially noted for his passion for staghu
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 9th Baronet (1752–1794). By British (English) School, Collection of National Trust, Killerton House
Acland as a boy, portrait by Richard Phelps
Stalls in stable block built by Acland at Holnicote. The thirty stag heads on the walls date from about 1787 to 1793 and were killed under his mastership of the Devon and Somerset Staghounds. A similar collection of stag heads amassed by his father the 7th Baronet, and much beloved by the latter, was destroyed during a fire at Holnicote in 1779
Loose boxes in stable block built by Acland at Holnicote, with his stag head trophies
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet was a British politician and baronet.
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 9th Baronet
…1754–1842), Royal Navy, younger brother of Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue of Castle Hill, Filleigh, Devon. By his wife he had children including Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet (1787–1871), eldest son and heir, and Hugh Dyke Acland (1791–1834). He died on 17 May 1794, having fallen ill during a journey to London. He was buried…
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet (1787–1871). 1844 marble bust by Edward Bowring Stephens. Collection of National Trust, Killerton House
A drawing of Acland
Statue in Northernhay Gardens, Exeter