Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
Alured Clarke,
He became Major
of 54th Regiment of Foot
1771.
A letter survives in
Denbighshire Record Office,
written by Alured to a Clarke relative, 1775, from
Charles Fort,
Kinsale, Ireland.
He is about to be posted to North America.
Kitty going with him.
(This was the American Revolutionary War 1775 to 1783).
Alured became
Lieutenant-Colonel
of the 7th Regiment of Foot
1777.
By 1778 Kitty was back in Europe,
staying with her sister Mary Henrietta
at Ravensdale Park, Co.Louth.
Alured stayed in North America.
Kitty's son
Augustus Reebkomp
served
with Royal Navy in America
1779-83.
A letter of 14 Sept 1779
[PP, vol.1, p.248]
says Kitty is "very ill at Bristol".
Letter of 30 Oct 1780
[PP, vol.2, p.61]
says she is in Ireland (would be with her sister).
Alured took charge of all British troops in Georgia in 1780.
He became
Colonel
of the 7th Regiment of Foot
in 1782.
American Revolutionary War ended 1783.
Governor of Jamaica,
Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec and Lower Canada:
He was
Governor of Jamaica
(which Kitty's grandfather
had been Governor of)
1784-90.
He became Major general
1790.
He was Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
1790-91.
He was Lieutenant Governor of Lower Canada
1791-93.
He returned to England 1793.
He
was sent to India in 1795 as Governor of Madras.
En route he and his forces stopped in South Africa
and defeated a Dutch army at Wynberg,
1795.
Governor-General of India,
Commander-in-chief of India:
Alured arrived in India in 1796.
He was
Commander-in-chief of the Madras Army
1796-1797.
Became
Lieutenant-general
1796-97.
Knighted:
He was
knighted
(Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath)
in 1797.
He was
briefly Governor-General of India
1798.
Commander-in-chief of the Bengal Army
Commander-in-chief of the British forces in all of India
1798 to 1801.
Returned to England 1801.
General:
He
became full General
in the Army in 1802.
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (K.G.C.B.) 1815.
He
lived Mansfield St, London
(see map),
there
as at 1822.
He often stayed at his sister's house Rhual.
Think he had no country house of his own.
There is a
Deed of gift
from him, dated
17 June 1822, to the surviving family of his stepson
Augustus Montgomery.
He seems to be giving a large sum to the family.
See p.3 bottom:
"the said transfers of the said stocks were so made by the said Sir Alured Clarke from the regard he had for
the said late Captain Augustus Montgomery and now hath for his family".
Field Marshal:
He finally rose to become
Field Marshal
Sir Alured Clarke 1830
(highest military rank of the UK).
Listed as of Mansfield Street, London, at death.
Alured dies, 1832:
He died 16 Sept 1832, at
Llangollen vicarage,
Denbighshire,
NE Wales
(some distance to the S of Rhual),
age 87 yrs.
He was
bur 22 Sept 1832 [church burial register] at
St.Mary's church,
off High St,
Mold
(see map
and street view).
He was bur in the Rhual vault beside church.
Grave now gone,
was cleared along with other graves in 1950s.
Memorial to him survives inside church.
His will pr 26 October 1832,
Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
Alured Clarke.
Copy by Charles Fullwood.
Looks like copy of the Sir William Beechey portrait.
See full size.
From
BBC.
Alured Clarke.
A different portrait by Sir William Beechey.
See TIF file.
Sir Alured Clarke
listed as the most senior General in the Army
in
[Treble Almanac 1829, p.141].
Still linked to the 7th Regiment of Foot.
Close-up of memorial to Sir Alured Clarke, St.Mary's church, Mold.
Photos 2009.
See larger
and full size.
See other shot.
Please donate to support this site.
I have spent a great deal of time and money on this research.
Research involves travel and many expenses.
Some research "things to do"
are not done for years, because I do not have the money to do them.
Please Donate Here
to support the ongoing research and
to keep this website free.
