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succeeded his father in 1902 : educated at Christ Church, Oxford : Governor of Bombay, March 21, 1831, till March 17, 1835 : Privy Councillor, 1830 : G.C.H., 1835 : K.P., 1845 : died Aug. 18, 1851.

CLARKE, SIR ALURED (1745?–1832)

Field-Marshal : born about 1745 : entered the Army, 1759 : served in Germany, Ireland, America : was Lieutenant-Governor of Jamaica, 1782–90 : on the way to India, in 1795, he co-operated with Lord Keith in the capture of Cape Town from the Dutch E. I. Co. : in India was C. in C. in Madras, Jan., 1796 till March, 1797 : Member of the Supreme Council and provisional C. in C. Bengal from April, 1797, and confirmed in the Chief Command in India in May, 1798, retaining it till July, 1801. He was in command of the force with Sir John Shore when the latter, as Governor-General, went to Lucknow to depose Wazir Ali and set up Saadat Ali as Nawab of Oudh in Jan. 1798. He acted as Governor-General from the resignation of Sir John Shore in March, 1798, till the arrival of Lord Mornington in May, 1798. He was K.B. in 1797 : General in 1802 : G.C.B., 1815 : Field-Marshal in 1830, and died Sep. 16, 1832.

CLARKE, SIR ANDREW (1824–1902)

Son of Col. Andrew Clarke : born 1824 : educated at King's School, Canterbury, and Woolwich : entered the Royal Engineers, 1844 : was A.D.C. to Sir W. Denison, Governor of Tasmania, 1849–53 : in the Maori war, New Zealand : on the Staff of Sir George Grey : Surveyor-General of Victoria : Minister for Public Lands in the Legislative Assembly at Melbourne : nine years Director of Works for the Navy : Governor and C. in C. of the Straits Settlements, 1873–5 : P.W.D. Member of the Supreme Council of the Governor-General, 1875–80 : Commandant of the School of Military Engineering at Chatham, 1880–2 : Inspr-General of Fortifications, 1882–6 : retired in 1886 as Lt-General : K.C.M.G., 1873 : G.C.M.G., 1885 : Col. Commandant R.E. : unsuccessfully contested Chatham in 1886 and 1893 : Agent-General to the Colony of Victoria for many years : died March 29, 1902 : also C.B. and C.I.E.

CLARKE, CHARLES BARRON (1832–)

Born June 17, 1832 : son of Turner Poulter Clarke : educated at King's College, London, Trinity and Queen's Colleges, Cambridge : third wrangler, 1856 : Mathematical Lecturer at Queen's College, 1857–65 : joined the Education Department in Bengal : Inspector of Schools, 1866–87: retired 1887 : F.R.S. : an ardent Botanist : has written numerous papers on Botany, also on Anthropology, Geography, and Music : and Speculations from Political Economy, 1886.

CLARKE, SIR CHARLES MANSFIELD, BARONET (1839–)

General : son of Sir Charles Clarke, second Bart. : born Dec. 13, 1839 : entered the Army in 1856 : served in New Zealand, South Africa, War Office, Ireland and at Aldershot : commanded the Colonial Forces at the Cape, 1880–2 : C. in C. in Madras, 1893–8 : Q.M.G., 1899–1903 : Governor of Malta since 1903 : G.C.B. in 1901.

CLARKE. LONGUEVILLE ( ? –1860?)

For many years a prominent barrister of the Supreme Court, Calcutta : where, it is stated, he founded the Ice House, the Bar Library, and the Metcalfe Hall.

CLARKE, TREDWAY (1764–1858)

General : entered the E. I. Co.'s military service in 1780 : on arriving in Madras was engaged in the war against Hyder Ali : wounded at the storming of Chillumbram : in command of the Artillery at Fort St. George from 1783 : under General Medows and Lord Cornwallis in the fighting with Tippoo in 1790–2, including Bangalore, Seringapatam, Pondicherry and the hill-forts : from 1798, Head Commissary of Ordnance at Fort St. George : returned to England in 1811 : offered the command of the Artillery at Madras in 1820 : prevented by ill-health from accepting it : died in 1858.

CLARK-KENNEDY, JOHN (1817–1867)

Son of Lt-General Sir A. K. Clark-Kennedy : born in 1817 : entered the Army in 1833 : served in China : at the sieges of Multan in 1848, and the battle of Gujarat : at the pursuit and surrender of the Sikhs, and defeat of the Afghans :