Sir Humphrey Orme Clarke, 5th Baronet (6 July 1906, in

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– 22 January 1973, in Bibury,

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), was the son of

Sir Orme Bigland Clarke, 4th Baronet Orme Bigland Clarke, 4th Baronet (8 October 1880 in Calcutta, India – 31 March 1949) was a British lawyer and military officer. Biography He was the son of Frederick Clarke, second son of Sir Charles Clarke, 2nd Baronet, and Adelaide Catherine ...

and Elfrida Roosevelt. He was educated at

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and

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. He was Captain of the Oppidans at Eton College. He married secondly (1 September 1938) Elisabeth Irene Cook Clarke, daughter of Dr. William Alexander Cook, who was the mother of Humphrey's heir: Sir Toby Clarke, 6th Baronet. He died on 22 January 1973 at the age of 66. Sir Humphrey was with the British Embassy in Washington between 1941 and 1944. He was with the Foreign Office between 1944 and 1946. He succeeded to the title of 5th Baronet Clarke, of Dunham Lodge, co. Norfolk (UK, 1831) on 31 March 1949. He was first cousin, twice removed from U.S. President

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and second cousin, twice removed from President

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As th ...

through his mother Elfrida Roosevelt. His great-grandfathers were James Alfred Roosevelt, a prominent member of the

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, and

Augustus Lowell Augustus Lowell (January 15, 1830 – June 22, 1900) was a wealthy Massachusetts industrialist, philanthropist, horticulturist, and civic leader. A member of the Brahmin Lowell family, he was born in Boston to John Amory Lowell and his second ...

, a member of the successful Lowell family.

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Greenslet, Ferris. (1946) ''The Lowells and Their Seven Worlds'', Boston: Houghton Mifflin. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, Humphrey, 5th Baronet 1906 births 1973 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom People educated at Eton College English people of American descent English people of Dutch descent Roosevelt family Schuyler family Clarke baronets