Clarke, Andrew, 1824-1902

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Dates:

Birth 1824-07-27

Death 1902-03-29

Language: English,

Biographical notes:

1844 commissioned second lieutenant; 1846 lieutenant; 1847 superintendent of labour of public works, Hobart, Tasmania; 1847-1849 road building engineer in New Zealand; 1849-1853 private secretary to lieutenant-governor of Van Diemen's Land, Sir William Thomas Denison; 1851 member of the legislative council and head of the mounted police; 1853-1858 surveyor-general in Victoria; 1856 member of parliament for South Melbourne; 1857 captain; 1858 head of the lands and survey department; 1859 commander of the Royal Engineers at Colchester; 1863-1864 served in the Gold Coast; 1864-1873 director of engineering works at the Admiralty; 1867 lieutenant-colonel; 1869 CB; 1872 colonel; 1873 KCMG; 1873-1875 governor of the Straits Settlements; 1875-1880 head of the public works department, India; 1877 CIE; 1880-1882 commandant of the School of Military Engineering, Chatham; 1882-1886 inspector-general of fortifications; 1884 British representative on the international committee on the Suez Canal; 1885 GCMG; 1886 lieutenant-general; 1891-1894 and 1897-1902 agent-general of Victoria; 1902 colonel commandant of the corps of Royal Engineers

Epithet: colonial administrator

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