Geoffrey Rothe Clarke
Sir Geoffrey Rothe Clarke, CSI, OBE (1 July 1871 – 1 October 1950) was a senior civil servant in British India from 1903 to 1925, and thereafter a leading member of British industry until his death, including during World War II. Early life Geoffrey Rothe Clarke was born in Midnapore, Bengal, on 1 July 1871. His father, George Richard Clarke of Waterford, Ireland, managed indigo plantations in West Bengal, while his schoolteacher mother, Margaret Elizabeth ''née'' Brunskill of Mountmellick, Ireland, a keen artist, became headmistress of the Cainesville school at Mussoorie, India. Clarke completed his secondary education at the Corrig School, Kingstown, Ireland, that was run by an uncle. At the age of 19, Clarke entered Trinity College Dublin, commencing a four-year course in Classics and French on 10 October 1890. Clarke was the third of five children; his older sister Letitia Marion Dallas (alias Miss Darragh) became a well-known stage actress in Dublin, Manchester and L ...
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