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George Clerk (other)
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George Clerk may refer to: *Sir George Clerk, 6th Baronet (1787–1867), British politician *Sir George Russell Clerk (1800–1889), civil servant in British India *George Clerk (diplomat) (1874–1951), British diplomat *George C. Clerk (1931–2019), Ghanaian botanist and plant pathologist See also *George Clerk-Maxwell (1715–1784), Scottish landowner * George Clarke (other) *George Clark (other) *Clerk (other) A clerk is someone who works in an office. A retail clerk works in a store. Office holder Clerk(s) may also refer to a person who holds an office, most commonly in a local unit of government, or a court. *Barristers' clerk, a manager and administ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Clerk, 6th Baronet
Sir George Clerk of Pennycuik, 6th Baronet (19 November 1787 – 23 December 1867) was a Scottish politician who served as the Tory MP for Edinburghshire, Stamford and Dover. Background Clerk was the son of Cpt. James Clerk (d.1793), third son of Sir George Clerk-Maxwell, 4th Baronet and Janet Irving. He was born near Edinburgh. He studied at the High School in Edinburgh and then went to the University of Oxford, graduating DCL in 1810. Political career Clerk sat as Member of Parliament for Edinburghshire from 1811 to 1832 and again from 1835 to 1837, for Stamford from 1838 to 1847 and then for Dover from 1847 to 1852. He served as one of the Commissioners of Weights and Measures from 1818 to 1821. He held political office as a Lord of the Admiralty from 1819 to 1830 (from 1827 to 1828 he was a member of the Council of the Lord High Admiral ( The Duke of Clarence), as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department from 5 August to 22 November 1830, as Parliamentary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Russell Clerk
Sir George Russell Clerk (pronounced ''Clark''; – 25 July 1889) was a British civil servant in British India. Life Clerk was born at Worting House in Mortimer West End, Hampshire,''1851 England Census'' the son of John Clerk of Gloucester and Anne St John Mildmay, daughter and coheir of the late Carew St John Mildmay of Shawford House, Hampshire. Like all civil servants until the introduction of Competitive examinations in the 1850s, Clerk had studied at Haileybury College in Hertfordshire, being posted to Bengal as a writer in 1817. Early in his career he worked in the Political and Secret Department of the Government, and most of his subsequent work was in that line. He thus worked as an Assistant to the President in Rajputana and Delhi, before being posted as Political Agent at Ambala and subsequently at Ludhiana in 1839 and Lahore in 1840. In 1843, he was posted as Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces (present day U.P.). He was then appoin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Clerk (diplomat)
Sir George Russell Clerk (29 November 1874 – 18 June 1951) was a British diplomat and Privy Counsellor who ended his career as Ambassador to France from 1934 to 1937, after seven years as Ambassador to Turkey, one as Ambassador to Belgium and seven as Ambassador to The Czechoslovak Republic. His name is pronounced as if spelt Clark. Early life The son of General Sir Godfrey Clerk (1835–1908), a Groom in Waiting to Edward VII, Clerk was the grandson and namesake of Sir George Russell Clerk, a civil servant in British India who became Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces, Governor of Bombay, and Under-Secretary of State for India. Clerk was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford.'CLERK, Rt Hon. Sir George Russell', in '' Who Was Who 1951–1960'' (A & C Black, 1984 reprint) At Eton he was a contemporary of Prince Alexander of Teck, later Governor-General of South Africa and of Canada, Geoffrey Dawson, later editor of ''The Times'', and the author Mauri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George C
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old pig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Clerk-Maxwell
Sir George Clerk Maxwell, 4th Baronet FRSE (1715–1784), of Penicuik (simply Clerk prior to his marriage), was a Scottish landowner who served as the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer in Exchequer (1741), Commissioner of Customs (1763), a Trustee for Improving Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland, and as a Commissioner for the Annexed Forfeited Estates. Life George Clerk was born in Edinburgh on 31 October 1715, the second son of Sir John Clerk, 2nd Baronet of Penicuik, and Janet Inglis, daughter of Sir John Inglis, 2nd Baronet of Cramond. He was educated at the universities of Edinburgh and Leyden. From his father he received in patrimony the lands of Drumcrieff in Annandale, and by marriage with his cousin Dorothea Clerk-Maxwell, daughter of his uncle William by Agnes Maxwell, heiress of Middlebie, Dumfriesshire, he obtained the lands of Middlebie, adopting thereupon his wife's name, Clerk Maxwell. He was a commissioner of the customs, king's remembrancer in the excheque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Clarke (other)
George Clarke (1661–1736) was a British Judge Advocate General, Secretary at War, Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty. George Clarke may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * George Clarke (filmmaker), film director from Northern Ireland * George Elliott Clarke (born 1960), Canadian poet and playwright * George Clarke (architect) (born 1974), British architect and television presenter * George Clarke (handyman), personality on the ''Late Show with David Letterman'' *George Somers Leigh Clarke (1822–1882), English architect * George Clarke (singer), lead singer of Deafheaven * George Clarke (jazz musician) (1911–1985), American jazz saxophonist * George Clarke (actor) (1840–1906), American stage actor * George Clarke (comedian) (1886–1946), English stage comedian Politics *George Clarke (governor) (1676–1760), colonial New York, 1736–1743 *George Clarke (New Zealand pioneer) (1823–1913), pioneer and educationist *George Clarke, 1st Baron Sydenham of Combe (1848 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Clark (other)
George Clark may refer to: Politicians *Sir George Clark, 1st Baronet (1861–1935), businessman and politician in Northern Ireland * Sir George Clark, 2nd Baronet (1883–1950) * Sir George Clark, 3rd Baronet (1914–1991), unionist politician and Orangeman * George Clark (New Orleans), mayor of New Orleans, 1866 *George Clark (Queensland politician) (1834–1907), Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Warwick *George Daniel Clark (1848–1933), Australian politician * George T. Clark (1837–1888), American politician *George Washington Clark (1834–1898), mayor of Charleston, South Carolina Sportsmen * George Clark (baseball) (1891–1940), baseball player *George Clark (American football coach) (1894–1972), "Potsy", American football coach * George Clark (cricketer), New Zealand cricketer * George Clark (racing driver) (1890–1978), American racecar driver *George Clark (Australian footballer) (1898–1978), Australian footballer Academics *George Bassett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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