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Sir Charles Mansfield Tobias Clarke, 6th Baronet (8 September 1939 – 16 September 2019), known as Sir Toby Clarke since 1973, was a British businessman. Clarke was the son of
Sir Humphrey Clarke, 5th Baronet Sir Humphrey Orme Clarke, 5th Baronet (6 July 1906, in London, United Kingdom – 22 January 1973, in Bibury, Gloucestershire), was the son of Sir Orme Bigland Clarke, 4th Baronet and Elfrida Roosevelt. He was educated at Eton College and Christ ...
and was educated at
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, Christ Church, Oxford,
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, and
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. He founded ''The Baronets' Journal'' in 1987 and from 1993 to 1996 he was chairman of the Standing Council of the Baronetage Bankers Trust Co. He was associate director of Swiss Bank Corp. in 1992–94, underwriting member, Lloyds from 1984 to 2001, and lord of the Manor of
Bibury Bibury is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is on the River Coln, a Thames tributary that rises in the same (Cotswold) District. The village centre is northeast of Cirencester. Arlington Row is a nationally notable a ...
. Through his grandmother, Elfrida
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(Lady Clarke, wife of Sir Orme Bigland Clarke, Bt,
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), he was related to U.S. President
Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...
. President Roosevelt was his first cousin, three times removed. He was also the second cousin, three times removed to 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 the ...
. He was married to Charlotte Walter and then Teresa Loraine Aphrodite de Chair (daughter of Somerset de Chair) (divorced). He has three children (by his second marriage): Theodora Roosevelt Clarke, Augusta Elfrida Clarke, and Olympic athlete Lawrence Somerset Clarke. He was a Vice-President of the Standing Council of the Baronetage. Clarke died on 16 September 2019, eight days after celebrating his 80th birthday.Telegraph death announcements: CLARKE
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See also

* Clarke of Dunham Lodge, Norfolk


References


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thePeerage.com
* * Who's Who 2008 1939 births 2019 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford University of Paris alumni Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom People educated at Eton College English people of American descent Roosevelt family British expatriates in the United States New York University alumni British expatriates in France Clarke baronets {{UK-baronet-stub