{{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 Admiral Sir Marshal Llewelyn Clarke, KBE, CB, DSC (9 May 1887 – 8 April 1959) was a

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...

officer. The second child and elder son of the artillery officer and colonial administrator Sir Marshal James Clarke, Marshal Llewelyn Clarke was born in

Basutoland Basutoland was a British Crown colony that existed from 1884 to 1966 in present-day Lesotho, bordered with the Cape Colony, Natal Colony and Orange River Colony until 1910 and completely surrounded by South Africa from 1910. Though the Basot ...

, where his father was serving as its first Resident Commissioner. He was

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, from 1940 to 1945.

References

* https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-235784 * http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Marshal_Llewelyn_Clarke * "Adm. Sir Marshall Clarke", ''The Times'', 11 April 1959, p. 10. 1887 births 1959 deaths Royal Navy admirals of World War II Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companions of the Order of the Bath Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom) Royal Navy admirals British expatriates in Basutoland