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Darwin Correspondence Project

Lawford Maclean Acland

1852–1932

Civil engineer. Born in Bombay, the son of Lawford and Robina Jemima Acland and nephew of Ellen and John Harrison. Employed by the firm of Sir John Hawkshaw, Son, and Hayter in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from 1878.

Sources

Census returns of England and Wales 1861 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG9/671/108/5)

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966 (Ancestry.com, accessed 31 October 2016)

India, select births and baptisms, 1786–1947 (Ancestry.com, accessed 31 October 2016; first name given as ‘Sanford’)

UK, civil engineer records, 1820–1930 (Ancestry.com, accessed 31 October 2016)

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