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Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 7th Baronet

Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 7th Baronet (1723–1785), with one of his favorite staghounds, painted in 1767 by Sir Joshua Reynolds, two identical versions of which exist both in the collection of the National Trust, at Killerton House and Saltram House, Devon
Arms of Acland: Chequy argent and sable, a fesse gules

Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 7th Baronet (14 August 1722 – 24 February 1785) of Killerton in Devon and Petherton Park in Somerset,[1] was Member of Parliament for Devon, 1746–1747, for Somerset, 1767–1768, and was High Sheriff of Somerset in 1751. He was a prominent member of the West Country gentry, and a famous staghunter who used as his hunting seats his wife's Exmoor estates of Pixton and Holnicote.[2]

  1. ^ Lauder, Rosemary, Devon Families, Tiverton, 2002, p.12, Acland of Columb John
  2. ^ Lauder, Rosemary, Devon Families, Tiverton, 2002, p.12, Acland of Columb John
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