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CLARK—CLARKE.
servitude of some months under Capt. Harvey in the Santa Marguretta 38, Lieut. Clark assumed command, 26 July, 1794, of the Black Joke hired lugger, and, shortly afterwards, of the Argus, another lugger, in which he served with Lord Bridport in the action of 23 July, 1795. On 26 Dec. 1799, he was invested, from the Neptune 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon, with the charge of the Alert lugger, and remained in that vessel until Oct. 1801. From 14 July, 1803, until 1808 (excepting from May, 1805, to Sept. 1806, when he commanded a Signal station at St. Catharine’s, in the Isle of Wight), Lieut. Clark was, lastly, employed in the Sea Fencibles, at Brixham and Dartmouth. He attained the rank of Retired Commander 13 May, 1823.
CLARK. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Robert Ward Clark passed his examination 25 July, 1836; served for some time, as Mate, on board the Britannia 120, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir John Acworth Ommanney, Caledonia 120, successive flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Graham Moore and Sir David Milne, and Fisgard 42, Capt. John Alex. Duntze, in South America; and, on 12 Sept. 1844, was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant. He was next employed, from 12 Sept. 1844 until the close of 1845, in the Daedalus 20, Capt. Peter M‘Quhae, on the East India station; and, since 24 Oct. 1846, has been serving in the Amphion steam-frigate, Capt. Woodford John Williams.
CLARK. (Commander, 1840. f-p., 21; h-p., 16.)
William Clark, born 23 Nov. 1796, at Torwoodlee, co. Selkirk, is son of the late Capt. Wm. Clark, R.N., who commanded the Victorious 74, at the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope in 1795, and was wounded in the course of a long and desperate conflict, fought 9 Sept. 1796, between that ship and the Arrogant, another 74, on the one side, and 6 heavy French frigates, under Admiral Sercey, on the other.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Feb. 1810, as L.M., on board the Egeria 20, Capt. Lewis Hole, but, removing soon afterwards to the Orion 74, Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, served until Jan. 1814, the greater part of the time as Midshipman, on the Baltic station, where he appears to have been arduously engaged, frequently in the boats, in protecting the trade passing through the Great Belt. He next, for a brief period, joined the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, and then, proceeding to North America in the Spencer 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett, served in various operations up the Penobscot, and was present at the blockade of Boston, as also of the river Delaware, where, on one occasion, he materially assisted, with the boats, in saving the Spencer, when that ship had taken the ground. Between Aug. 1815 and the date of his promotion, which did not occur until 4 Feb. 1821, five years after he had passed his examination, Mr. Clark further joined, in succession, on the Home station, the Rochfort 80, Capt. Sir A. C. Dickson, Ramillies 74, Rear-Admiral Sir Wm. Johnstone Hope, Severn, Coast Blockade depôt, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch, Bulwark 74, Rear-Admiral Sir John Gore, Menai 20, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, and Albion 74, Capt. R. Raggett, in whose tender, the Quail cutter, he was for some time employed in the suppression of smuggling. His subsequent appointments were – for a few months in 1821, to the Salisbury 50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Wm. Chas. Fahie in the Leeward Islands – 10 June, 1825, to the Romney troop-ship, Capt. Nich. Lookyer, variously employed in passages to Quebec, the Tagus, the Mediterranean, and Sierra Leone – 20 July, 183.5, as First-Lieutenant, to the Russell 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Henry Dillon, stationed off the north coast of Spain and in the Mediterranean – and, 10 Aug. 1839, in a similar capacity, to the Edinburgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson. Participating in the subsequent operations on the coast of Syria, Lieut. Clark, on 2 Oct. 1840, commanded the Edinburgh’s boats, under the present Capt. Henry John Worth, and took up an excellent position for covering the landing party in an attack on the castle of Beyrout and destruction of a train which had been laid to the magazine;[1] and he again, on 5 of the same month, similarly accompanied Commander Fras. Decimus Hastings in a renewed and very successful attempt to remove the powder there deposited. After sharing in the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, he was advanced to his present rank, by commission dated 4 Nov. 1840; and, on 15 Dec. following, was appointed Second Captain of the same ship, the Edinburgh, in which he remained until paid off on his return to England, 14 Aug. 1841. He has been employed, since 26 Jan. 1846, as Second Captain of the Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, on the Channel station.
While on board the Bulwark, in 1819, Commander Clark received a fissure in the skull, and a contusion in the hip and ankle joints, from the stroke of a capstan-bar. He married, 17 Feb. 1829, Janet Alston, second daughter of Major Jas. Alston Stewart, of Everard, co. Perth, by whom he has issue, with one daughter, four sons, of whom the eldest, William, is a Midshipman, R.N.
CLARK. (Retired Commander, 1834. f-p., 32; h-p., 25.)
William John Stephen Clark entered the Navy, 19 Aug. 1790, as A.B., on board the Defiance 74, Capt. Geo. Murray, and, in Nov. following, removed, as Midshipman, to the Winchelsea, Capt. Fisher, employed in the Channel. After an interval of two years, he joined, 22 Aug. 1793, the Intrepid 64, Capt. Hon. Chas. Carpenter, on his subsequent transference from which ship to L’Espion 18, Capt. Wm. Hugh Kittoe, he was taken by three French frigates, 22 July, 1794. From Nov. 1795, the date of his release from captivity, until the receipt of his commission, 24 April, 1802, Mr. Clark subsequently served, on the Home and Mediterranean stations, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, on board the Fame 74, Capt. Thos. Taylor, Virginie 44, Capt. Anth. Hunt, Beaulieu 38, Capt. Fras. Fayerman, and Queen Charlotte 100, and Barfleur 98, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Jas. Hawkins Whitehed and Cuthbert Collingwood. While in the Virginie he was invested, 9 Nov. 1797, as prizemaster, with the command of the Indian Chief, a captured American East Indiaman. His appointments, subsequent to his promotion, appear to have been – 9 April, 1804, to the. Cyclops, Capts. John Fyffe, Fras. Douglas, and Gilbert Heathcote, stationed off Lymington – 13 April, 1805, to the Puissant 74, Capts. John Irwin and John Hall, lying at Spithead – 27 Jan. 1809, to be agent for transports afloat, in which capacity he attended the expedition to Flushing – 9 Oct. 1812, again to the Puissant, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page – and, 22 Sept. 1813, once more to the transport service, an event which occasioned his visiting Bermuda and the Chesapeake, whence he returned in Aug. 1815. He was next employed in the Coast Guard from 7 June, 1821, until 1833; and, on 25 Jan. 1834, accepted the rank he now holds.
CLARKE. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Charles Griffin Clarke entered the Navy 2 Nov. 1808; passed his examination in 1816; obtained his commission 23 Dec. 1826; joined the Coast Guard 12 Jan. 1835; removed, 18 Oct. 1841, to the Nimble Revenue-cruizer; went back to the Coast Guard 11 Aug. 1843; and, since 17 Oct. following, has again been in command of a Revenue-vessel, the Stag, in which he has, on one or two occasions, distinguished himself.
CLARKE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Edward Francis Clarke entered the Navy 30 Dec. 1828; passed his examination 20 March, 1835; obtained his commission 23 Nov. 1841; and, from
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2609.
