Sir Francis Dyke Acland, 14th Baronet, PC, DL, JP (7 March 1874 – 9 June 1939) was a British Liberal politician.
[3] Acland was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1906, a seat he held until 1910,[2][4] and later represented Camborne from 1910 to 1922,[2][5] Tiverton from 1923 to 1924[2][6] and North Cornwall from 1932 to 1939.
In 1911, he was promoted to Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to work closely under Sir Edward Grey.
[8][9]: 3 In 1917, he was appointed Chairman of the Departmental Committee "to inquire into the extent and gravity of the evils of dental practice by persons not qualified under the Dentists Act [1878]."
Acland died in June 1939, aged 65, and was succeeded by his eldest son from his first marriage, Richard.