CLARKE, SIR THOMAS, younger son of Thomas Clarke, St. Giles’s in the Fields, Holborn, carpenter, “whose wife kept a pawnbroker’s shop”; b.; adm. (aged 11) 10 Jan 1714/5; Min. Can. 1716; KS 1717; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1721, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1721, scholar 6 Apr 1722; 2nd in ordo 1724/5; BA 1724/5; MA 1728; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1727, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1728; adm. Gray’s Inn 20 Oct 1727, called to bar 21 Jun 1729; KC 1740; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 May 1742, Bencher 17 May 1754; MP St. Michael’s 1747-54, Lostwithiel 1754-61; Master of the Rolls from 25 May 1754; knighted 25 May 1754; Privy Councillor 21 Jun 1754; FRS 14 Nov 1754; author, Fleta seu Commentarius Juris Anglicani, 1735 (issued anonymously); d. 13 Nov 1764. DNB.

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.

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, 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, 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, HENRY TREVISA, brother of Francis Richard Clarke (qv); b. 4 Jan 1864; adm. as exhibitioner (G) 31 May 1877; QS 1878; left Dec 1881; a shipbuilder; member Inst. Naval Architects 1887; District Superintendent, Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing, North-West Ireland, Ministry of Shipping, 1916-9; m. 24 Apr 1894 Margaret Evelyn, second dau. of William Henry Sale, The Uplands, Derby.

CLARKE, GABRIEL, son of John Clarke, Clothall, Herts., yeoman; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1605, Westminster Student to 1618/9, matr. 21 Feb 1605/6, aged 17; BA 1609; MA 1612 (incorp. Camb. 1616); BD (from Pembroke Hall) 1630; ordained; Prebendary of Lincoln from 26 May 1615; Rector of Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire, 1616; Rector of Howick, Northumberland, 1619-21; Archdeacon of Northumberland, 7 Aug 1619 – Sep 1620; Prebendary of Durham from 4 Aug 1620; Archdeacon of Durham from 9 Sep 1620; Rector of Elwick, Durham, 6 Sep 1620 – Jul 1624; Master of Greatham Hospital, Durham, 24 Jul 1624; deprived of preferments by 17 Sep 1644, but reinstated at the Restoration; Proctor in Convocation, 1661; m. (by 1624) Mildred, dau. of William Neile, and niece of Richard Neile (qv); d. 10 May 1662.

CLARKE, FRANCIS RICHARD, son of Frederic Führmann Clarke, Aldridge Lodge, Walsall, Staffs., solicitor, and Lucy Annette, second dau. of Francis Booth MD MRCP, Gower Street, London; nephew of Nathaniel Garnett Clarke (qv); b. 12 Apr 1860; adm. (G) 14 Oct 1872; QS Dec 1875; left May 1879; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 31 May 1879; BA 1883; MA 1886; adm. solicitor Jan 1887; practised at Walsall; Registrar, Walsall County Court; m. 7 Apr 1888 Ellen Maud, dau. of Clement Satterthwaite, Bromley, Kent, stockbroker; d. 17 Sep 1927.

CLAPHAM, THOMAS, brother of Robert Clapham (qv); b.; adm. 26 Sep 1774; KS (aged 13) 1781; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1786, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1786, aged 18, scholar 19 Apr 1787; BA 1790; MA 1793; Usher at the School, 1792-6; ordained; Vicar of Felkirk, Yorks., 1793; Master, Hemsworth GS, near Pontefract, Yorks., 1796; d. 13 Feb 1801.

CLAPHAM, ROBERT, son of Richard Clapham, London, whose widow Martha kept a boarding house, first in Dean’s Yard and then at 1 Little Dean’s Yard; b. (at Doncaster, Yorks. ); adm. 26 Sep 1774; KS (aged 15) 1780; Treasurer, Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, from 15 Feb 1805; m. Mary, eldest sister of Charles Simpson (qv); d. 17 May 1805. [Perhaps bapt. Marr, Yorks., 16 Oct 1764, son of Richard Clapham, and Martha --- (IGI) (Marr is close to Hemsworth, where his brother Thomas was Master of the GS); note also that a Richard Clapham m. at St. George’s, Hanover Square 15 Dec 1757 Martha Smith]