Ernest Clark (Governor)

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Ernest Clark

Sir Ernest Clark (born April 13, 1864 in London , England , † August 26, 1951 in Seaton , Devon , England) was a British official and Governor of Tasmania .

Life

Clark was born in Plumstead , London, in 1864, the son of teacher Samuel Henry Clark and his wife Ann . After attending King's College , he got a job as an official in the UK Treasury . In 1894 he was a barrister admitted member of the Bar Inner Temple and worked in the following for the Legal Department of the Treasury. On April 13, 1899, he married the merchant's daughter, Mary Winkfield. In the years 1904–05 and 1910–11 he worked in the South African Cape Colony for the colonial administration there. During the First World War he was employed in the War Office and in the Ministry of Munitions .

In the 1920s, Clark held various positions in the financial administration that led him to Northern Ireland , among others . In 1928/29 he made a trip to Australia as part of a British business delegation and got to know the Prime Minister of Tasmania, Joseph Lyons . In 1933 he was offered the position of Governor of Tasmania, which has not been filled for three years due to lack of funds. Clark accepted it, and he also agreed to invest part of his private fortune and the governor's salary in Tasmania.

Clark's tenure was eventually extended three times and lasted until 1945. He is described as a hard-working governor. As a Freemason , he became the Grand Master of the Hobart Grand Lodge .

After his tenure ended, Clark returned to England and retired. In 1947 he married Harriet Jessie Constance McLennan. Clark died at his Seaton home in 1951.

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SURNAME Clark, Ernest
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British civil servant and governor of Tasmania
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England
DATE OF DEATH August 26, 1951
Place of death Seaton , Devon , England