Arthur Frederic Clarke (22 December 1848 – 4 January 1932 [1]) was an eminent Anglican priest in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. [2]
He was educated at Charterhouse [3] and Trinity College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1874. [4] After curacies at Beverley, Linthorpe, Alvechurch and Leek Wootton [5] he was Vicar [6] of Cockerham [7] from 1881 [8] until [9] 1905; and Archdeacon of Lancaster from 1896 to 1905. [10] He was then Vicar of Rochdale from 1905 [11] to 1910; its Rural Dean from 1905 to 1910; and its Archdeacon from 1910 to 1919. During this period he was also an honorary chaplain to the forces. A bell at St Andrew, Singapore is dedicated to him. [12]
References
- ^ Deaths The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jan 06, 1932; pg. 1; Issue 46023
- ^ ‘CLARKE, Rev. Arthur Frederic’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 25 June 2013
- ^ ”List of Carthusians, 1800 to 1879” Parish, W.D: Lewes : Farncombe and Co., 1879 p48
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929 London: Oxford University Press, 1929 p238
- ^ ‘CHURCH NEWS’ The Blackburn Standard: Darwen Observer, and North-East Lancashire Advertiser (Blackburn, England), Saturday, December 03, 1881; pg. 2; Issue 2406
- ^ Parish Records
- ^ National Archives
- ^ ‘Multiple News Items’ The Morning Post (London, England), Thursday, December 08, 1881; pg. 2; Issue 34151
- ^ London Gazette
- ^ ‘PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS’ The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post (Bristol, England), Friday, January 3, 1896
- ^ British History on-line
- ^ TTC Archived October 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine