Background
He was born in 1874 in Christchurch. Bishop Harper and Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet were his grandfathers. John Acland was his father and Jack Acland, Member of Parliament for Temuka in the 1940s, was his son.
He was born in 1874 in Christchurch. Bishop Harper and Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet were his grandfathers. John Acland was his father and Jack Acland, Member of Parliament for Temuka in the 1940s, was his son.
Acland was one of the first in New Zealand who confined their medical practice to surgery. In 1924, Acland bought Chippenham Lodge in Browns Road, Street Albans, which had previously belonged to John Evans Brown. His family lived there for the rest of his life.
Acland was knighted in the 1933 Birthday Honours.
In 1935, he was awarded the. Acland contested the election for Mayor of Christchurch in 1935 and was narrowly beaten by the incumbent, Dan Sullivan.
He was elected as a councillor to Christchurch City Council in the following year and served until 1941. Acland died in 1956 at Chippenham Lodge.
Acland Avenue in Avonside is named for Acland.
This short cul-de-sac is located in the residential red zone.
