Family and Education
b. 7 May 1661, o.s. of Sir William Clarke, sec. at war, of Pall Mall, Westminster by Dorothy, da. and coh. of Thomas Hilyard alias Hall of Hebburn, co. Dur. educ. Jermyn Street academy (Mr Gordon) to 1672; privately 1672-5; Brasenose, Oxf. 1675, BA 1679, MA 1683, BCL 1686, DCL 1708; I. Temple 1676. unm. suc. fa. 1666.C. J. Feret, Fulham Old and New, i. 170.
Offices Held
Fellow of All Souls, Oxford 1680 – d.; judge-advocate-gen. 1682 – 1705; sec. at war [I] 1690 – 92; jt. sec. at war 1693 – 1702; jt. sec. of Admiralty 1702 – 05; ld. of Admiralty 1710–14.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: All Souls College, Oxford.
Notes
This biography is based on Clarke’s own account of his life in HMC Popham, 259-89.
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Commons 1660-1690
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CLARKE, George (1661-1736)
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