Marriage and Children
He married Sarah Cotton, daughter of William Cotton and Sarah Lane, on 14 July 1846. They had seven sons and a daughter:
- Admiral Sir William Alison Dyke Acland, 2nd Baronet (1847–1924)
- Sarah Angelina Acland (1849–1930)
- Henry Dyke Acland (1850–1936)
- Theodore Dyke Acland (1851–1931), the father of Theodore Acland (1890–1960)
- Herbert Dyke Acland (1855–1877)
- Sir Reginald Brodie Dyke Acland (1856–1924)
- Francis Edward Dyke Acland (1857–1943)
- Alfred Dyke Acland (1858–1937)
His daughter, Sarah Acland, subsequently lived in Park Town and was an early pioneer of colour photography. Some of her photographs are in collection of the Museum of the History of Science in Broad Street, opposite the family home.
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