Clerk, James, 1812-1870

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Clerk, James, 1812-1870

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        Dates of existence

        1812-1870

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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.

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        GB-2014-WSA-04966

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        GB 2014

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        International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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        Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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            Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

            The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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