CLARKE, Godfrey (c.1678-1734), of Chilcote and Somershall, Derbys.

b. c. 1678, 1st s. of Sir Gilbert Clarke* by his 2nd w. educ. Rugby 1690; Magdalen, Oxf. matric. 25 June 1695, aged 16. m. c. 13 June 1706 (with £8,000), Lady Catherine Stanhope (d. 1728), da. of Philip, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield, s.p. suc. fa. 30 May 1701. IGI, Derbys.; Luttrell, Brief Relation, vi. 56; Add. 15556, f. 37.