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CLERK, SIR JAMES, BART., eldest son of Right Hon. Sir James Clerk, Bart., PC MP, Vice-Pres. Board of Trade, and Maria Ann, sister of William John Law (qv); b. 17 Jul 1812; adm. (G) 15 Jan 1822; Ensign, 83rd Foot, 9 Jun 1830; Lieut., 11 Jun 1833; 9th Lancers, 24 Dec 1833; retd., 5 May 1837; Private Secretary to father when Vice-Pres. Board of Trade, Feb 1845-6; succ. father as 7th baronet, 23 Dec 1867; m. 26 Jun 1851 Jane Calvert, eldest dau. of Maj. -Gen. Douglas Mercer Henderson (formerly Mercer) CB; d. 17 Nov 1870.

CLERK, JOHN, brother of Sir James Clerk, Bart. (qv); b. 16 Apr 1816; adm. (G) 14 Jan 1828; adm. Inner Temple 16 Apr 1838, called to bar 11 Jun 1841, Bencher from 28 Apr 1868, Treasurer 1885; Home Circuit and Parliamentary bar; QC 22 Feb 1868; JP Leicestershire; author, Practical Treatise on the Law of Elections, 1854, and other works; m. 9 Dec 1845 Rose Alice Clothilde, second dau. of Thomas Greene MP, Whittington Hall, Lancs.; d. 10 Apr 1900.

CLERK, SAMUEL, son of Christopher Clerk, London; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1657, adm. pens. 22 May 1657, scholar 1658, but did not matr. [Perhaps ordained priest 15 Jan 1662/3 (Chichester), as Clerke].

CLERKE, EDMUND, son of Edmund Clerke, Hungerford Park, Berks.; bapt. Hungerford, Berks. 10 Apr 1678 (IGI, sic); adm.; KS 1694; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1697, adm. pens. 19 Jun 1697, aged 17, scholar 6 May 1698, matr. 1697.

CLERKE, FRANCIS, only son of Francis Carr Clerke MP, Weston on the Green, Oxfordshire, and Catherine, sister of Charles Montagu Bertie (qv); b. 23 Sep 1724; adm. Sep 1735 (Playford's); left 1742; Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 May 1742, MA 21 Aug 1745; High Sheriff, Oxfordshire 1750; m. 3 Mar 1746/7 Susanna Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Henry Ashhurst, Waterstock, Oxfordshire, Vice-Chancellor Duchy of Lancaster, Recorder of Liverpool and Wigan; d. 30 Apr 1760.

CLERKE, SIR TALBOT, BART., only son of Sir Talbot Clerke, Bart., and Barbara, dau. of Thomas Gladwin, Durrant Hall, Chesterfield, Derbs.; b.; succ. father as 5th baronet 14 Feb 1723/4; adm. (aged 12) Oct 1732; d. at school 21 Nov 1732. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

CLERKE, WILLIAM, son of George Clerke, Somerset; b.; at school (aged 14) 1655 (Chapter Muniments); Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 7 Dec 1660; BA 14 Nov 1661; Fellow, Oriel Coll., 30 Mar 1663-6; studied medicine; practised at Bath and subsequently at Stepney; d. 24 Apr 1684.

CLERKSON, EDWARD STEWART, brother of Henry Chambers Clerkson (qv); b. 17 May 1797; adm. 19 Jan 1809; left Midsummer 1810.

CLERKSON, FREDERICK PETRIE, brother of Henry Chambers Clerkson (qv); b. 4 Mar 1800; adm. 27 Mar 1811; left 1812.

CLERKSON, HENRY CHAMBERS, eldest son of Lieut. -Col. John Clerkson, EICS Bengal, and Aurora Catherine, widow of Capt. Robert Maxwell, EICS Bengal, and dau. of George Smith (IGI); b. 22 May 1796; adm. 26 Apr 1808; left 1811; EICS Bengal; Ensign, unattached, 7 Oct 1814; Lieut., 41st Bengal Native Infantry, 24 Jun 1817; d. on the river Ganges, off Bhagalpur, Bihar, Bengal, 20 May 1827.