词条 | Sir Charles Clarke, 3rd Baronet |
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| honorific-prefix = General | name = Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke | honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=|Bt|GCB|GCVO}} | order1 = Governor of Malta | term_start2 = 1903 | term_end2 = 1907 | monarch2 = Edward VII | primeminister2 = | predecessor2 = Lord Grenfell | successor2 = Sir Henry Grant | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1839|12|13}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1932|04|22|1839|12|13}} | death_place = | nationality = British | party = | alma_mater = | spouse = | allegiance ={{flag|United Kingdom}} | branch ={{army|United Kingdom}} | serviceyears =1856–1907 | rank =General | unit = | commands =Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta Quartermaster-General to the Forces Madras Army | battles =Second Boer War | mawards =Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order | relations =Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke, 1st Baronet | laterwork = }} General Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke of Dunham Lodge, Norfolk, 3rd Baronet, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|GCB|GCVO}} (13 December 1839 – 22 April 1932) was Quartermaster-General to the Forces. Military careerEducated 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, during which he was promoted to general on 5 August 1902.[3] The following year he became Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta, serving until he retired in 1907.[2] He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baronet Clarke of Dunham Lodge on 25 April 1899.[2] FamilyIn 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] DecorationsMost Honourable Order of the Bath
References1. ^{{London Gazette|issue=21853|page=696|date=26 February 1856}} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Sir James Dormer}}{{s-ttl|title=C-in-C, Madras Army|years=1893–1895}}{{s-aft|after=Post disbanded}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 The Peerage.com 3. ^{{London Gazette| issue=27480 |page=6347 |date=7 October 1902}} 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=27306 |date=19 April 1901 |page=2695}} |-{{s-bef|before=New post}}{{s-ttl|title=C-in-C, Madras Command|years=1895–1898}}{{s-aft|after=Sir George Wolseley}} |-{{s-bef|before=Sir George White}}{{s-ttl|title=Quartermaster-General to the Forces|years=1899–1903}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Ian Hamilton}} |-{{s-gov}}{{s-bef|before=Lord Grenfell}}{{s-ttl|title=Governor of Malta|years=1903–1907}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Henry Grant}} |-{{S-reg|uk-bt}}{{S-bef| before = Sir Charles Clarke, 2nd Baronet}}{{S-ttl| title = Baronet | creation = (of Dunham Lodge, Norfolk. cr.1831) | years = 1899–1932}}{{S-aft| after = Sir Orme Bigland Clarke, 4th Baronet}}{{s-end}}{{Governors of Malta}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, Charles Mansfield}} 10 : 1839 births|1932 deaths|British Army generals|Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath|Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order|57th Regiment of Foot officers|People educated at Eton College|Commanders-in-chief of Madras|Governors and Governors-General of Malta|Members of the Madras Legislative Council |
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