Lieutenant General Arthur Nugent Floyer-Acland, CB, DSO, MC, DL (7 September 1885 – 18 February 1980)[3] was a senior officer of the British Army who served in both the First and Second World Wars.
[6] Floyer-Acland entered the British Army in March 1905 when he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the 5th (Militia) Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
He was promoted to a brevet major in 1917,[5] mentioned in dispatches seven times during the course of the war,[5] and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1918 and the French Croix de Guerre in 1920.
[5] Four years later, he received the command of the 1st Battalion of his regiment and in 1934 became colonel,[11] being then attached to the War Office.
[17] Floyer-Acland was nominated High Sheriff of Dorset in 1953 and served as Deputy Lieutenant of that county from 1957.