Francis, 13th & 14th Baronets respectively, co-operated in the negotiations concerning the gift. The lease was converted into an outright gift 35 years later by his great-nephew Sir Richard Thomas Dyke Acland, 15th Baronet (1906-1990), who also donated Killerton. Death and succession He died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother Sir Arthur Dyke Acland, 13th Baronet (1847-1926). References External links 1842 births 1919 deaths Thomas Dyke 1842 Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Baronets in the Baronetage of England Deputy Lieutenants of Somerset Deputy Lieutenants of Devon High Sheriffs of Devon People educated at Eton College UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 Politicians from Cornwall Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry officers Members of the Inner Temple English Anglicans 19th-century English politicians Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Launceston Church Estates Commissioners English barristers