Background
Born Arthur Acland, he was the second son of John Edward Acland and his wife Norah Letitia, daughter of Henry Nugent Bankes.
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Born Arthur Acland, he was the second son of John Edward Acland and his wife Norah Letitia, daughter of Henry Nugent Bankes.
He was educated in Blundell"s School, located in Tiverton, Devon.
He was Military Secretary from 1940 to 1942. In later life, he was High Sheriff and Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Dorset. In 1928, he assumed by Royal Licence the additional surname Floyer to inherit the estates of George Floyer.
Floyer-Acland entered the British Army in 1905 and was commissioned as 2nd lieutenant into the 5th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
In February 1907, he was transferred to the Duke of Cornwall"s Light Infantry. Floyer-Acland went to the Staff College, Camberley in 1921 and was breveted to lieutenant-colonel in 1927.
Four years later he received the command of the 1st Battalion of his regiment and in 1934 became colonel, being then attached to the War Office. After two years he came in charge of the 3rd Infantry Brigade and took part in the Waziristan campaign until 1938.
Subsequently Floyer-Acland was promoted to major-general and took over the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division until the following year.
In 1940 he was appointed Military Secretary and upon the Birthday Honour"s in July was awarded a Companion of the Order of the Bath. He was advanced to a lieutenant-general in 1941 and retired from his post in the next year. Floyer-Acland was nominated High Sheriff of Dorset in 1953 and served as Deputy Lieutenant of that county from 1957.
Their only son was Stafford Floyer-Acland.