Person Open DS/UK/11714 Acland; Sir; Richard (26 November 1906-24 November 1990); 15th Baronet; British politician and anti-nuclear activist Acland Richard Sir 26 November 1906-24 November 1990 British politician and anti-nuclear activist Male (cisgender) Richard Thomas Dyke Acland Broadclyst, Devon, England (born)

British Politician | UK British Common Wealth Party, UK Liberal, UK Labour | MP Activist | Anti-Nuclear, Public Land Ownership White No known disability No known religious affiliation Son of Sir Francis Dyke Acland, 14tht (Liberal MP) and Eleanor Margaret Cropper (Liberal politician and suffragist) Spouse of Anne Stella Alford (architect) Heterosexual Sir Richard Acland, 15th Baronet was one of the founding members of the British Common Wealth Party in 1942, having previously been a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP). He joined the Labour Party in 1945 and was later a Labour MP. He was one of the founders of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). In 1942, Acland broke from the Liberals to found the socialist Common Wealth Party with J. B. Priestley and Tom Wintringham, opposing the coalition between the major parties. During the Second World War, the party showed signs of a breakthrough, winning three by-elections. However, the 1945 general election was a disappointment. Only one Member of Parliament, Ernest Millington, was elected, and other figures left. Acland joined Labour and won the Gravesend by-election of 1947. He served as Second Church Estates Commissioner. In 1955, he resigned from Labour in protest against the party's support for the Conservative government's nuclear defence policy. Activism and Views: - Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) Acland was a founding member of the CND. - Public Land Ownership Aclad was advocate of public land ownership. He felt it was impossible to reconcile his possession of the Acland estates with his politics. In 1944 he sold his West Country estates in Devon and Somerset to the National Trust for £134,000 (2011 equivalent £13.5 million), out of principle and to ensure their preservation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Acland (2022) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHdroberts 1/28/2014 RAHAKirkbride 10/25/2023 3ef7132e-bb7b-43fd-be72-4d897d836ef3