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Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke, 3rd Baronet, (13 December 1839 – 22 April 1932) was a
British Army
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officer who served as
governor of Malta from 1903 to 1907.
Military career
Educated at
Eton College
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, Clarke was
commissioned into the
57th Regiment of Foot in 1856.
He rose to become
Commandant-General of the Colonial Forces of the
Cape of Good Hope
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between 1880 and 1882. He held a series of administrative roles before becoming
Commander-in-Chief of the
Madras Army
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in 1893 (renamed "the Madras Command of the Indian Army" in 1895).
He was appointed to the command of the Sixth Army Corps in the
Second Boer War
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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
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on 5 August 1902. The following year he became
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta, serving until he retired in 1907.
He succeeded to the title of
3rd Baronet Clarke of Dunham Lodge on 25 April 1899.
Family
In 1867 he married Gemma Cecilia Adams (who died in 1922) and they had three sons and three daughters. All his sons predeceased him and he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew,
Orme Bigland Clarke. In 1929 he married Constance Marion Warner.
Decorations
Most Honourable Order of the Bath
* Companion, CB, 1879 ''after the
Zulu War''
* Knight Commander, KCB,
1896 Birthday Honours
* Knight Grand Cross, GCB, 29 November 1900, ''in recognition of services in connection with the Campaign in South Africa 1899–1900''
Royal Victorian Order
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* Knight Grand Cross, GCVO, 1903
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1839 births
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