| 词条 | Gilbert Acland-Troyte |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = Sir Gilbert Acland-Troyte | honorific-suffix = | image = SirGilbertAclandTroyte1945portrait.jpg | alt = | caption = Portrait of Acland-Troyte by Oswald Birley, 1945 | office = Member of Parliament for Tiverton | majority = | term_start = 29 October 1924 | term_end = 5 July 1945 | predecessor = Francis Dyke Acland | successor = Derick_Heathcoat-Amory | birth_date = {{Birth date|1876|09|04}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|04|27|1876|09|04}} | death_place = | resting_place = All Saints Church, Huntsham | resting_place_coordinates = | party = Conservative | spouse = {{marriage|Gwladys Quicke|12 October 1909}} | residence = Huntsham Court | education = Eton College | alma_mater = Trinity College, Cambridge }} Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Gilbert John Acland-Troyte {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CMG|DSO|JP}} (4 September 1876 – 27 April 1964[1]) of Huntsham Court, near Tiverton, Devon, was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician. BackgroundHe was the third son of Colonel Charles Arthur William Troyte of Huntsham Court, by his wife Katherine Mary Walrond, daughter of Sir John Walrond, 1st Baronet[1] of Bradfield House, Uffculme, Devon. Acland-Troyte was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge[2] CareerMilitaryIn 1896 Acland-Troyte served as 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment[3] He was transferred to the King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1899[4] and fought in the Second Boer War one year later, where he was dangerously wounded.[6] He was with his regiment in Somaliland between 1903 and 1904 and was afterwards promoted to lieutenant.[5] He rose to captain by 1905, for services to the Colonial Office.[6] During the First World War, Acland-Troyte was mentioned in despatches seven times.[7] He was appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General in the beginning of 1915[8] and was promoted to major in September.[9] In 1916 Acland-Troyte was decorated with the Distinguished Service Order[10] and in 1917 was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG).[11] After the war he received the French Croix de Guerre in January 1919[12] and retired as brevet lieutenant-colonel a few months later.[13] At the outbreak of the Second World War he was reactivated and in 1940 joined the Home Guard.[14] PoliticalAcland-Troyte contested unsuccessfully the parliamentary seat of Tiverton in a by-election in 1923.[14] He was however successful the next year and was elected MP for Tiverton in 1924, which seat he held until 1945.[15] RetirementFollowing his retirement from politics he was knighted[16] and in 1946 accepted the office of Master of the Tiverton Foxhounds which he fulfilled until 1950.[6] He was a Justice of the Peace and alderman of Tiverton.[1] In 1937 he was elected president of the Country Landowners Association, which post he left after two years.[14] MarriageOn 12 October 1909 he married Gwladys Eleanor Quicke (d.1968), daughter of Ernest Henry Godolphin Quicke[17] of Newton House, Newton St Cyres, Devon.[18] DeathAcland-Troyte died in 1964, childless and was survived by his wife for four years.[17] He is buried at All Saints Church, Huntsham.[19] References1. ^1 {{cite book | last = Fox-Davies | first = Arthur Charles | title = Armorial Families | location = London | publisher = Hurst & Blackett | volume = vol. II | date = 1929 | pages = 1966–1967 }} 2. ^{{acad|id=TRT895GJ|name=Troyte (or Acland-Troyte), Gilbert John Acland}} 3. ^{{ London Gazette | issue = 26801 |page=7233 | date = 8 December 1896 }} 4. ^{{ London Gazette | issue = 27049 |page=793 | date = 7 February 1899 }} 5. ^{{ London Gazette | issue = 27674 |page=2926 | date = 6 May 1904 }} 6. ^{{ London Gazette | issue = 27801 |page=4033 | date = 6 June 1905 }} 7. ^{{cite book | last = Snowden | first = Kathryn Louise | title = British 21st Infantry Division on the Western Front 1914-1918 | publisher = University of Birmingham | date = 2001 | pages = 171 }} 8. ^{{ London Gazette | issue = 29041 |page=486 | supp = y | date = 15 January 1915 }} 9. ^{{ London Gazette | issue = 29284 |page=8809 | supp = y | date = 3 September 1915 }} 10. ^{{ London Gazette | issue = 29438 |page=571 | supp = y | date = 11 January 1916 }} 11. ^{{ London Gazette | issue = 30111 |page=5459 | supp = y | date = 1 June 1917 }} 12. ^{{ London Gazette | issue = 31109 |page=312 | supp = y | date = 3 January 1919 }} 13. ^{{ London Gazette | issue = 31357 |page=6465 | supp = y | date = 23 May 1919 }} 14. ^1 2 {{cite book | title = Who is Who 1963 | publisher = Adam & Charles Black Ltd. | location = London | date = 1963 | pages = 12 }} 15. ^1 {{cite web | url = http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Tcommons2.htm | title = Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Tiverton | accessdate = 12 August 2008 }} 16. ^{{ London Gazette | issue = 36943 |page=943 | date = 16 February 1945 }} 17. ^1 2 3 {{cite web | url= http://www.thepeerage.com/p3142.htm#i31419| title= ThePeerage - Lt-Col Sir Gilbert John Acland-Troyte | accessdate= 10 February 2006}} 18. ^Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, pp.2290-1, pedigree of Acland-Troyte of Huntsham Court; pp.1875-6, pedigree of Quicke of Newton St Cyres 19. ^{{cite web | url= https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191238753/sir_gilbert-john-acland-troyte_cmg_dso| title= FindaGrave - Sir Gilbert John Acland-Troyte CMG DSO | accessdate= 9 July 2018}} External links
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