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Francis Acland

The son of the 13th Baronet, Acland was educated at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford . He initially worked in education in South Kensington and in the West Riding Of Yorkshire .

Acland was elected as Member of Parliament for Richmond , Yorkshire from 1906–1910; Camborne from 1910–1922, Tiverton , Devon from 1923–1924, and for Cornwall North from 1932–39.

Acland was Parliamentary Private Secretary to R. B. Haldane , Secretary Of State For War , from 1906–1908, and held office as Financial Secretary To The War Office from 1908–1910, Under-Secretary Of State For Foreign Affairs from 1911–1915, Financial Secretary To The Treasury from February–June 1915 and Parliamentary Secretary To The Board Of Agriculture And Fisheries from 1915–1916. He was also a Forestry Commissioner .

He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1915 and succeeded father to the Baronet cy in 1926.

	Title	Member Of Parliament for Richmond, North Yorkshire
	Years	1906 &ndash 1910
	Before	John Hutton
	After	William Orde-Powlett

	Title	Member Of Parliament for Camborne
	Years	1910 &ndash 1922
	Before	Albert Dunn
	After	Algernon Moreing

	Title	Member Of Parliament for Tiverton
	Years	1923&ndash1924
	Before	Herbert Sparkes
	After	Gilert Troyte

	Title	Member Of Parliament for Cornwall North
	Years	1932&ndash1939
	Before	Sir Donald Maclean
	After	Thomas Lewis Horabin