He was the younger son of Alfred Dyke Acland and his wife Beatrice Danvers (née Smith), who was the daughter of William Henry Smith and his wife Emily Danvers Smith, 1st Viscountess Hambleden.
The younger son of Alfred Dyke Acland and his wife Beatrice Danvers, daughter of William Henry Smith and Emily Danvers Smith, 1st Viscountess Hambleden, was the individual in question.