The Family of John Erskine Clarke
John Erskine Clarke came from a well-established family of Scottish, English and Indian interests, with many connections to positions of importance in Government, Church and Administration. A glance at the occupations of some of his ancestors is very revealing. They include:-
Baron of the Court of Exchequer
Bengal Civil Service
C in C, India
Canon of Winchester Cathedral
Canon of Windsor
Chaplain to King Edward VII
Chaplain to Queen Victoria
Clerk to Queen Caroline
Collector of Customs at Preston Pans
Commissioner of Excise for Scotland
Dean of Exeter
Doctor of Medicine, FRCS
Field Marshall
Governor of Cape of Good Hope
India Office, Ecclesiastical Returns, Bengal
Lieutenant, Bombay Staff Corps
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
Patron of livings of Knaresborough & Elvington
Prebendary of York
Rector of Elvington, Yorkshire (2 of them)
Rector of Hungerford
Rector of Sutton on Forest
Vicar of Battersea
Vicar of Knaresborough
Vicar of Old Headington, Oxford
Vicar of St Johns, Battersea
Vicar of St John's, Redhill
Vicar of St Luke's, Battersea
Full details will be found on the following family trees.
Ancestors of John Erskine Clarke
Descendants of Reuben Clarke
Descendants of Charles Chapman
Descendants of Alexander Wedderburn
John Erskine Clarke had many ties with the Parish of Elvington in Yorkshire, and he supported the living of the Rector of Elvington financially. There are some excellent family photographs at the Elvington web site and many more details about the living (a couple of examples below, courtesy of the Elvington Parish Historian).
The Clarke’s family home at The Grange, Elvington
(John Erskine Clarke is seated on the right)
For the benefit of Genealogists (& Google), a full list of family names and dates which appear on the above-mentioned family trees are appended (Click here).