Sir Charles Clarke, 3rd Baronet

Educated at Eton College, Clarke was commissioned into the 57th Regiment of Foot in 1856.[1]

He rose to become Commandant-General of the Colonial Forces of the Cape of Good Hope between 1880 and 1882. He held a series of administrative roles before becoming Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army in 1893 (renamed "the Madras Command of the Indian Army" in 1895).[2]

He was appointed to the command of the Sixth Army Corps in the Second Boer War 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 on 5 August 1902.[3] The following year he became Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta, serving until he retired in 1907.[2]

He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baronet Clarke of Dunham Lodge on 25 April 1899.[2]

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.[2]

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[4]

Royal Victorian Order

• Knight Grand Cross, GCVO, 1903