See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

ANDREW See also:

• CLARKE, ADAM (1762?—1832)
• CLARKE, CHARLES COWDEN (1787-1877)
• CLARKE, EDWARD DANIEL (1769–1822)
• CLARKE, JAMES FREEMAN (1810–1888)
• CLARKE, JOHN SLEEPER (1833–1899)
• CLARKE, MARCUS ANDREW HISLOP (1846–1881)
• CLARKE, MARY ANNE (c.1776–1852)
• CLARKE, SAMUEL (1675–1729)
• SIR ANDREW CLARKE (1824-1902)
• CLARKE, SIR EDWARD GEORGE (1841– )
• CLARKE, THOMAS SHIELDS (1866- )
• CLARKE, WILLIAM BRANWHITE (1798-1878)

CLARKE (1824-1902)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British soldier and See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator, son of See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew See also:

• CLARKE, ADAM (1762?—1832)
• CLARKE, CHARLES COWDEN (1787-1877)
• CLARKE, EDWARD DANIEL (1769–1822)
• CLARKE, JAMES FREEMAN (1810–1888)
• CLARKE, JOHN SLEEPER (1833–1899)
• CLARKE, MARCUS ANDREW HISLOP (1846–1881)
• CLARKE, MARY ANNE (c.1776–1852)
• CLARKE, SAMUEL (1675–1729)
• CLARKE, SIR ANDREW (1824-1902)
• CLARKE, SIR EDWARD GEORGE (1841– )
• CLARKE, THOMAS SHIELDS (1866- )
• CLARKE, WILLIAM BRANWHITE (1798-1878)

Clarke, of Co . See also:

• DONEGAL

Donegal, See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• SOUTHSEA

Southsea, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, on the 27th of See also:

• JULY

July 1824, and educated at See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's school, See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury . He entered the Royal Military See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy, See also:

• WOOLWICH

Woolwich, and obtained his See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission in the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army in 1844 as second See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant in the Royal See also:

• ENGINEERS, MILITARY

Engineers . He was appointed to his See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff in West Australia, but was transferred to be A.D.C. and military secretary to the governor of See also:

• TASMANIA

Tasmania; and in 1847 he went to New See also:

• ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand to take See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• MAORI

Maori See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, and for some years served on See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

Grey's staff . He was then made surveyor-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general in See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria, took a prominent part in framing its new constitution, and held the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of public lands during the first See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration (1855-1857) . He returned to England in 1857, and in 1863 was sent on a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• MISSION

mission to the West See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

Coast of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . In 1864 he was appointed director of See also:

• WORKS

works for the See also:

• NAVY

navy, and held this See also:

• POST

post for nine years, being responsible for See also:

• GREAT

great improvements in the See also:

• NAVAL

naval arsenals at See also:

• CHATHAM
• CHATHAM, WILLIAM PITT

Chatham, See also:

• PORTSMOUTH
• PORTSMOUTH, EARLS OF
• PORTSMOUTH, LOUISE DE

Portsmouth and See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth, and for fortifications at See also:

• MALTA
• MALTA (or MEDITERRANEAN) FEVER

Malta, See also:

• CORK
• CORK (perhaps through Sp. corcha from Lat. cortex, bark, but possibly connected with quercus, oak)
• CORK, RICHARD BOYLE

Cork, Bermuda and elsewhere . In 1873 he was made K.C.M.G., and became governor of the Straits Settlements, where he did most valuable See also:

• WORK

work in consolidating British See also:

• RULE

rule and ameliorating the See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people . From 1875 to 188o he was minister of public works in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India; and on his return to England in 1881, holding then the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of lieutenant-colonel in the army, he was first appointed commandant at Chatham and then inspector-general of fortifications (1882—1886) . Having attained the rank of lieutenant-general and been created G.C.M.G., he retired from See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official See also:

• LIFE

life, and in 1886 and 1893 unsuccessfully stood for See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament as a supporter of Mr See also:

• GLADSTONE
• GLADSTONE, JOHN HALL (1827-1902)
• GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART (1809–1898)

Gladstone . During his last years he was See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent-general for Victoria . He died on the 29th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1902 .

Both as a technical and strategical engineer and as an Imperial administrator Sir Andrew Clarke was one of the ablest and most useful public servants of his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time; and his contributions to periodical literature, as well as his official memoranda, contained valuable suggestions on the subjects of imperial See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence and imperial consolidation which received too little See also:

• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration at a See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period when the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home governments were not properly alive to their importance . He is entitled to remembrance as one of those who first inculcated, from a wide See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical experience, the views of imperial administration and its responsibilities, which in his last years he saw accepted by the bulk of his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country-men .