Sir Hugh Acland, 6th Baronet (26 January 1697 – 29 July 1728) was the son of John Acland and Elizabeth Acland.

Succession

He succeeded his grandfather as baronet on the latter's death on 9 March 1714. On his death in 1728 he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son.

Career

He was Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for Barnstaple

Barnstaple (UK Parliament constituency)

Barnstaple was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Barnstaple in Devon, in the South West of England. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1885, when its representation was reduced to one member.The constituency...

, 1721–1727.

Family

He married Cicely Wrothe, daughter of Sir Thomas Wrothe, 3rd Bt. and Mary Osbaldeston, (9 May 1721), and had issue:

• Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 7th Baronet
  Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 7th Baronet
  Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 7th Baronet was the son of Sir Hugh Acland, 6th Baronet and Cicely Wrothe.-Succession:He succeeded his father as baronet on the latter's death on 29 July 1728...
  
  (1722–1785)
• Arthur Palmer Acland (b. c1728)
• John Acland (c1728–1796)