Arthur Floyer-Acland

Arthur Floyer-Acland

Lieutenant-General Arthur Nugent Floyer-Acland CB, DSO, MC, DL (7 September 1885 – 18 February 1980) was a British soldier.

The son of John Edward Acland and Norah Letitia Nugent Bankes was educated in Blundell's School, Tiverton. Born Arthur Acland, he changed his name to Floyer-Acland in 1928.

He fought in the First World War, receiving the Military Cross in 1915. He was further mentioned in despatches seven times and was decorated with the Distinguished Service Order and the Croix de Guerre in 1918. While fighting in the Waziristan Campaign in 1937 and 1938, he commanded the 3rd Infantry Brigade as Brigadier.

In 1938, he became Major-General in the service of the 43rd Wessex Division, Territorial Army and later Lieutenant-General in the service of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Floyer-Acland fought in the Second World War, and was Military Secretary to the Secretary of State for War from 1940 to 1942. Invested as a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1940, he became High Sheriff of Dorset in 1953 and Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset in 1957.

On 6 December 1913, he married Evelyn Stafford Still, daughter of Stafford Still. His only son was Stafford Nugent Floyer-Acland.

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*cite web | url= http://www.thepeerage.com/p3133.htm#i31330| title= thePeerage| accessdate= 2006-12-10


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