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Clarke, Hugh Geoffrey, brother of Ronald Edwin Clarke (gv); b. 22 Mar. 1915; adm. Jan. 1929 (R); left July 1933; Army gen. list 1943-5 (Maj.); adm. a solicitor June 1946; practised in Forest Hill and West Norwood 1948-75, retd 1975; m. 1st 23 Feb. 1940 Irene Vivienne, d. of Bernard John Wilden-Hart; 2nd 29 Oct. 1960 Muriel Joan Luscombe.

Clarke, John Harwood, brother of Francis Richard Clarke (q.v.); b. Sept. 3, 1870; adm. as Q.S. June 12, 1884; left July 1889; Durham Coll. of Science; an engineer; was manager, Sir James Laing and Sons, shipbuilders, Sunderland, 1902-8; m. April 24, 1902, Ethel Fanny Stone, daughter of Walter Sprott, of Mayfield, Sussex; d. Feb. 11, 1948.

Clarke, John Hugh Leigh, son of the Rev. William Jones Clarke, Curate of Wimbledon, Surrey; b. July 10, 1899; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (A); left Dec. 1917; d. 14 Apr. 1978.

Clarke, Louis Macdowell Sydenham, son of the Rev. Hilton Sydenham Clarke, Curate of St. Paul's, Chiswick, Middlesex; b. Aug. 22, 1879; adm. Sept. 24, 1891 (H); left July 1894.

CLARKE, MATTHEW, son of Rev. Matthew Clarke, Rector of Bitterley, Shropshire, and of St. Leonard’s, Shoreditch, London; nephew of Rev. Thomas Hill DD, Master of Trinity Coll. Cambridge; b.; adm. (having previously been at Charterhouse Sch. ); KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1648, adm. pens. 20 May 1648, scholar 1649, matr. Mich. 1651; BA 1651/2; MA 1655; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1653 - c. 1658; Chaplain to Col. Hacker’s Regt., Scotland; Rector of Narborough, Leics., 28 May 1658 until ejection under Act of Uniformity of 1662; became a nonconformist preacher in Leicestershire; thrice imprisoned in Leicester Gaol “for the crime of preaching”; licensed as presbyterian preacher at Market Harborough, Leics., 29 May 1672; retired to Norwich, where he lived with his daughter; an oriental scholar of some distinction; m.; d. 1708, aged 78. DNB.

CLARKE, ROCHFORD HYDE, brother of Edward Hyde Clarke (qv; b. 20 Sep 1858; adm. (G) 4 Jun 1874; left Christmas 1874; “retired tea planter” (sic, 1881 census); d. 5 Oct 1930.

Clarke, Roger Noel, son of Albert Hingley Leach Clarke, marketing dir., of St Anne’s-on­Sea, Lancs, and Mary Mitcheson, d. of Roger Muir Oddie, solicitor, of Blackburn; b. 8 Dec. 1948; adm. Sept. 1962 (L); left July 1967; with Coutts & Co., bankers; Hornsey Coll. of Art; Roy. Coll. of Art; qualified as architect; partner, Chaloner & Clarke, architects; m. Sylvia Thorne; d. 1 Dec. 2009.

Clarke, Ronald Edwin, son of Eno Edwin Clarke, banker, of Ealing, and Rose, d. of Henry Squires Green; b. 16 Aug. 1908; adm. Jan. 1922 (R); left July 1925; d. 21 June 1933.

CLARKE, SPENCER, son of Turner Poulter Clarke, Andover, Hants., and Elizabeth Parker (IGI); b. 13 May 1837; adm. 26 Apr 1848 (Rigaud's); QS 1851; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1855, adm. pens. 11 Jan 1855, scholar 1856; BA 1859; MA 1862; adm. solicitor Mich. 1862; Superintendent Registrar and Coroner for Hampshire from 1863; practised at Whitchurch, Hants.; m. 6 Feb 1868 Charlotte Elizabeth, dau. of Tobias Rustat Hemstead (IGI); d. 1 Nov 1921.

CLARKE, STEPHEN HARDCASTLE, brother of Francis Richard Clarke (qv); b. 19 May 1865; adm. QS 12 Jun 1879; left May 1884; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Oct 1884, exhibitioner 1884; BA 1888; MA 1891; adm. solicitor Aug 1899; in practice at Sunderland; m. 7 Aug 1902 Paula, eldest dau. of Francis Ford Freeman, Tavistock, Devon; d. 26 Aug 1928.