Cyril Drummond Le Gros Clark ('C. D.')
(1894 – 6 July 1945),
brother of
Wilfrid Le Gros Clark, was a translator of
Su Shi from Chinese into English, and Chief Secretary of
Sarawak. After marrying
Averil Mackenzie-Grieve in 1925. In preparation for his Secretaryship he spent from 1925 to 1927
on
Gulangyu Island
The Gulangyu, Gulang Island or Kulangsu is a pedestrian-only island off the coast of Xiamen, Fujian Province in southeastern China. A UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, the island is about in area, and is reached by an 8-minute ferry ride fro ...
, at the time an extraterritorial
International Settlement in order to learn
Hokkien language and culture.
At the end of 1931 his ''"Selections from the Works Su Tung-t'o"'' was published. The book was decorated by wood engravings of his wife. The
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer
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praised the translation for its "gracefully natural prose."
On 31 March 1941 he announced the decision of the Rajah of Sarawak,
Charles Vyner Brooke
Vyner, Rajah of Sarawak, GCMG, full name Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke (26 September 1874 – 9 May 1963) was the third and last White Rajah of the Raj of Sarawak.
Early life
The son of Charles Brooke and his wife Margaret de Windt ( Ranee Ma ...
, to introduce a democratic constitution.
After the Japanese invasion of Sarawak in December 1941 Le Gros Clark was captured and held in
Batu Lintang camp. From July 1942 until 14 November 1944 he served as the camp master. He was executed two months before the end of
World War II.
Bibliography
* Selections from the Works of Su-Tung-P'O (A.D. 1036–1101), 1953,
* Sarawak: 1935 Blue Report
[books.google.co.uk/books?id=7pDHYgEACAAJ]
Further reading
*Ooi, Keat Gin (1998) ''Japanese Empire in the Tropics: Selected Documents and Reports of the Japanese Period in Sarawak, Northwest Borneo, 1941–1945'' Ohio University Center for International Studies, Monographs in International Studies, SE Asia Series 101 (2 vols)
References
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History of Sarawak
Recipients of the Order of the Star of Sarawak
Internees at Batu Lintang camp
1894 births
1945 deaths
British people who died in Japanese internment camps
People executed by Japanese occupation forces
British people in colonial Sarawak