Sir Charles Clarke, 3rd Baronet

General Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke Bt GCB GCVO

Governor of Malta
In office 1903–1907
Monarch	Edward VII
Preceded by	Lord Grenfell
Succeeded by	Sir Henry Grant
Personal details
Born	13 December 1839 (1839-12-13)
Died	22 April 1932(1932-04-22) (aged 92)
Nationality	British
Relations	Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke, 1st Baronet
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1856–1907
Rank	General
Commands	Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta Quartermaster-General to the Forces Madras Army
Battles/wars	Second Boer War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order

General Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke, 3rd Baronet GCB, GCVO (13 December 1839 – 22 April 1932) was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.

Military career

Educated at Eton College, Clarke was commissioned into the 57th Regiment of Foot in 1856.^[1]

He rose to become Commandant-General of the Colonial Forces of the Cape of Good Hope between 1880 and 1882.^[2] He held a series of administrative roles before becoming Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army in 1893 (renamed "the Madras Command of the Indian Army" in 1895).^[2]

He was appointed to the command of the Sixth Army Corps in the Second Boer War in South Africa in December 1899. He served as Quartermaster-General to the Forces from 1899 until 1903 when he became Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta: he retired in 1907.^[2]

He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baronet Clarke of Dunham Lodge on 25 April 1899.^[2]

Family

In 1867 he married Gemma Cecilia Adams (who died in 1922) and together they went on to have a son and two daughters.^[2] In 1929 he married Constance Marion Warner.^[2]

Decorations

Most Honourable Order of the Bath

Companion, CB, 1879 after the Zulu War
Knight Commander, KCB, 1896 Birthday Honours
Knight Grand Cross, GCB, 29 November 1900, in recognition of services in connection with the Campaign in South Africa 1899–1900^[3]

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross, GCVO, 1903

References

↑ The London Gazette: no. 21853. p. 696. 26 February 1856. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
1 2 3 4 5 6 The Peerage.com
↑ The London Gazette: no. 27306. p. 2695. 19 April 1901.

Military offices
Preceded by Sir James Dormer	C-in-C, Madras Army 1893–1895	Succeeded by Post disbanded
Preceded by New post	C-in-C, Madras Command 1895–1898	Succeeded by Sir George Wolseley
Preceded by Sir George White	Quartermaster-General to the Forces 1899–1903	Succeeded by Sir Ian Hamilton
Government offices
Preceded by Lord Grenfell	Governor of Malta 1903–1907	Succeeded by Sir Henry Grant
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Charles Clarke, 2nd Baronet	Baronet (of Dunham Lodge, Norfolk. cr.1831) 1899–1932	Succeeded by Sir Orme Bigland Clarke, 4th Baronet

Civil Commissioners, Governors and Governors-General of Malta

Civil Commissioners (1799–1813)	Ball Pigot Cameron Ball Oakes

Governors (1813–1964)	Maitland Rawdon-Hastings Ponsonby Bouverie Stuart More O'Ferrall Reid Le Marchant Storks Grant Straubenzee Borton Simmons Torrens Smyth Lyon Fremantle Grenfell Clarke Grant Rundle Methuen Plumer Congreve Du Cane Campbell Bonham-Carter Dobbie Gort Schreiber Douglas Creasy Laycock Grantham Dorman

Governors-General (1964–1974)	Dorman Mamo

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/25/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.