CLARKE, George (1661-1736), of All Souls, Oxford

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; Brasenose, Oxf. 1675, BA 1679, MA 1683, BCL 1686, DCL 1708; I. Temple 1676. unm. suc. fa. 1662. HMC Popham, 259–60.

Offices Held

Fellow of All Souls, Oxford 1680–d.

Judge-advocate-gen. 1682–1705; sec. at war [I] 1690– Mar. 1692; chief sec. [I] 1690– Mar. 1692; jt. sec. at war Mar. 1692–Mar. 1702; jt. sec. of Admiralty May 1702–5; sec. to Prince George of Denmark May 1702–5; ld. of Admiralty 1710–14. Ibid. 262, 278, 282–3, 285; CSP Dom. 1690–1, p. 20; 1691–2, p. 165; Bull. IHR, xiv. 183; Luttrell, Brief Relation, vi. 666.

Gov. and freeman, R. Fishery Co. [I] 1692; commr. building 50 new churches 1712–15. CSP Dom. 1691–2, pp. 112–13; E. G. W. Bill, Q. Anne Churches, p. xxiii.

Freeman, Winchelsea 1702. E. Suss. RO, Winchelsea ct. bk. WIN 60, p. 81.

Parlimentarian

CLARKE, George (1661-1736), of All Souls College, Oxford.

Main residence: All Souls, Oxford.

Author

A.A.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

CLARKE, George (1661-1736)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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