Clark, G. D. (George Daniel), 1848-1933

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1871-1880 teacher at the Royal Indian Engineering College; 1880-1882 served in Bermuda and Gibraltar; 1883-1885 adviser to the inspector-general of fortifications at the War Office; 1885-1892 secretary of the interdepartmental colonial defence committee; 1887 major; 1888-1890 secretary to the Hartington commission on army and navy administration; 1892-1894 served in Malta; 1893 knighthood; 1894-?1900 superintendent of the royal carriage department at Woolwich; 1901-1903 governor of Victoria; 1903 Esher committee on War Office reconstitution; 1904-1907 secretary of the committee of imperial defence; 1907-1913 governor of the Bombay presidency; 1913 baronet; 1913-1916 headed royal commission on venereal disease; 1915-1916 chair of the Central Appeal Tribunal; 1917 founded the Indo-British Association; 1915-1921 head of the British Empire League; 1917-1920 head of the British Science Guild

Epithet: military and colonial administrator

Title: Baron Sydenham

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creatorOf FINDLAY CORRESPONDENCE. Vol. I (ff. 194). Letters from Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, including a last letter from his wife, Katherine; 1903-1917. Several of the letters contain as enclosures, letters to Cromer from Sir Eldon Gorst, Sir Reginald ..., 1903-1917 British Library
referencedIn Vol. XLVI (ff. 290). 1906-1907.includes:f. 1, 3, 52 Robert Threshie Reid, Earl Loreburn; Lord Chancellor: Letters to Sir C. Dilke: 1897-1906.: imperf.f. 4 Frederick Martin, of St Briavels, county Gloouc: Letter to Sir C. Dilke: 1906.ff. 6, 8, 44..., 1906-1907 British Library
creatorOf ARNOLD-FORSTER PAPERS. Vol. XXXIX ('Vol. XIV') (ff. 255). Auxiliary forces (general); 6 May 1904-6 Dec. 1905.includes:ff. 8-22 Sir Charles Edward Howard Vincent, KCMG; MP: Letter to A. J. Balfour on Auxiliary forces, etc.,: 1904: Mostly printed.ff.... British Library
referencedIn Presentation Address from the President and Councillors of the City Municipality of Dhulia to Sir George Sydenham Clarke (later Baron Sydenham) (1848-1933), Governor of Bombay 1907-13, on the occasion of his laying the foundation stone of the Municip..., 1912 British Library
creatorOf ARNOLD-FORSTER PAPERS. Vol. XXVI ('Vol. I') (ff. 242). Printed papers, etc.:-(1) Army reform: Cabinet memoranda and Committee of Imperial Defence memoranda, etc. ff. 4-167b;-(2) South African garrison. ff. 168-172b;-(3) Somaliland. See also 50307,... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XXII (ff. 297). April 1911-July 1914.includes:ff. 1 (typewritten; signed), 37 Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt: Correspondence with J. Burns: 1904-1911.f. 2 Sir Edward Strachey, 4th Baronet 1st Baron Strachie 1911: Invitation card to J.... British Library
referencedIn Johnson & Company. [License]. American Textile History Museum Library
referencedIn Vol. XXXIV (ff. 278). 1906-June 1907.includes:ff. 1, 8, 80 Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane; 7th Earl of Breadalbane: Letters to Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman: 1894-1907.f. 2 Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, Baron Murray of Eliba... British Library
creatorOf HUTTON PAPERS. Vol. V (ff. 379). Correspondence, etc., with Canadian and Australian Governors-General, etc.: 1. ff. 1-18. Correspondence with John Campbell Gordon formerly Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, Minto's predecessor as G..., 1893-1909 British Library
referencedIn CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 365). Correspondence of Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman with:-1. F[rancis] A[llston] Channing, M.P., Bart. 1906 [Baron Channing 1912]; 1892, 1899-1907. f. 1. 2. G[eorge] S[ydenham] Clarke, K.C.M.G. 1893 [Baron Syd..., 1892-1908 British Library
creatorOf ARNOLD-FORSTER PAPERS. Vol. XXXVII ('Vol. XII') (ff. 417). (1) Recruiting. ff. 8-115;-(2) Numbers. ff. 116-140b;-(3) Reserve. ff. 141-149;-(4) Indian drafts, etc. ff. 150-376;-(5) Scheme for seven and five years' enlistments. Supplements 50309. f... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CL (ff. 197). July 1906-1909; followed (f. 197) by a document dated 28 Apr. 1918.includes:ff. 1-4b, 163 Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth: Correspondence with Lord Ripon: 1892-1908.ff. 5-8b William George Spencer Scott Compton, 5th ..., 1906-1918 British Library
referencedIn William Lochiel Sapte Lovett Cameron papers., 1887-1935 British Library
creatorOf THE SYDENHAM PAPERS Correspondence and papers of George Sydenham Clarke, Baron Sydenham of Combe (b. 1848, d. 1933); 1892-1927. On his career, see his autobiography My Working Life, 1927. 50831-50834, 50838 mostly comprise original letters of Lord Sy..., 1892-1927 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood, Indian Army; C-in-C, India 1925-30, 1883-1949 British Library
referencedIn CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN PAPERS. Vol. XXV (ff. 336). Correspondence of Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman with:-1. Capt. John Sinclair, M.P. [1st Lord Pentland 1909], his Assistant Private Secretary at the War Office (1892-1895), his unofficial Private Secretary (..., 1892-1908 British Library
creatorOf ARNOLD-FORSTER PAPERS. Vol. XXXIV ('Vol. IX') (ff. 106). 1. ff. 3-76. (a) 'Aquatics'. ff. 3-19;-(b) Estimates. ff. 20-36;-(c) War Office departments. ff. 37-68;-(d) Transport. ff. 70-76. 2 Nov. 1903-28 Oct. 1904. 2. ff. 77-106. List (f. 77) and ge... British Library
creatorOf CARNARVON PAPERS. Vol. LVII (ff. 199). 1. ff. 1-133. General correspondence and papers; 1880-1890. 2. ff. 134-162. Miscellaneous notes on defence; [1870-1871?] -1888, n.d. 3. ff. 163-179. Notes for article: 'Army Administration and Government Policy..., 1870-1890 British Library
creatorOf BALFOUR PAPERS. Vols. XVIII-XX. Gen. Sir George Sydenham Clarke, Baron Sydenham of Combe; 1904-1916., 1904-1916 British Library
creatorOf Vol. LXXV ('Vol. 15') (ff. 175). July 1905.includes:ff. 10, 23, 42, 67, 85 General Sir Neville Gerald Lyttelton, GCB: Correspondence, etc., as Chief of the General Staff, with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1904, 1905: Partly printed.ff. 10, 67 Lieutenant... British Library
creatorOf ARNOLD-FORSTER PAPERS. Vol. LI ('Vol. XXVI') (ff. 351). Miscellaneous, including:-(a) Imperial defence. ff. 93-127;-(b) Guns. ff. 128-177;-(c) Medical. ff. 178-245;-(d) Barracks and depôts. ff. 246-278. 8 Feb. 1902-1 July 1904.includes:ff. 7-25 ... British Library
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associatedWith Clarke, Phyllis Angelina Rosamond, -1952, née Morant, second wife of George Sydenham Clarke person
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Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire
Iran, Asia
Tibet, Asia
Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire
Australia, Australia
Afghanistan, Asia
Coventry, Warwickshire
India, Asia
Ireland, Europe
Dhulia, Bombay
Ireland, Europe
Birdwood, South Australia
Scotland, United Kingdom
Mauritius, Indian Ocean
Russia, Europe, Asia
Back Bay, Bombay
India, Asia
Norwich, Norfolk
South Africa, Africa
Canada, North America
South Africa, Africa
Japan, Asia
Egypt, Africa
United States of America
South Africa, Africa
Birmingham, Warwickshire
Lille, France
South Africa, Africa
India, Asia
Somaliland, Africa
Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire
Ipswich, Suffolk
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Birth 1848-07-30

Death 1933-02-21

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