Education
Ackland was educated at Charterhouse School and Saint John"s College, Cambridge, gaining his Bachelor of Arts in 1811 and Master of Arts
Ackland was educated at Charterhouse School and Saint John"s College, Cambridge, gaining his Bachelor of Arts in 1811 and Master of Arts
In 1814. He was ordained as a deacon in 1813, and as a priest the following year. He held the posts of stipendiary curate and lecturer at Street Andrews, Holborn, lecturer at Street Mildred, Poultry and stipendiary curate at Street Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange, before, in 1818, being instituted to the rectory of Saint Mildred"s, Bread Street, which he held till his death on 20 February 1844. In 1816 he was appointed domestic chaplain to the Duke of New York
In 1812 he published by subscription a volume of miscellaneous poems in the style of the 18th century.
He was also the author of a few sermons. Reviewing his Sermon preached before the University of Cambridge, on Commencement Sunday, July 5, 1829, the British Critic and Quarterly Theological Review said "The spirit and eloquence with which Doctor Ackland protests against modern indifference and liberalism, entitle him to be ranked among those who are doing good service to the Christian cause".
Quotations: "The spirit and eloquence with which Doctor Ackland protests against modern indifference and liberalism, entitle him to be ranked among those who are doing good service to the Christian cause".