Lionel Herbert Clarke
Lionel Herbert Clarke | |
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12th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario | |
In office November 20, 1919 – August 29, 1921 | |
Monarch | George V |
Governors General | The Duke of Devonshire The Lord Byng of Vimy |
Premier | Ernest Charles Drury |
Preceded by | John Strathearn Hendrie |
Succeeded by | Henry Cockshutt |
Personal details | |
Born | Guelph, Ontario | July 20, 1859
Died | August 29, 1921 Toronto, Ontario | (aged 62)
Nationality | Canadian |
Spouse |
Anne Small (m. 1891) |
Alma mater | Trinity College School University of Edinburgh |
Occupation | brewer, businessman |
Lionel Herbert Clarke (July 20, 1859 – August 29, 1921) was a Guelph born businessman and the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada. In 1911, he was appointed the first chairman of the Toronto Harbour Commission
The son of William Clarke and Clara Piggott Strange, he was educated in Port Hope. In 1891, Clarke married Anne Clara Gertrude Small.
In 1895 his L. H. Clarke and Company formed a malt dealership with "barley king" Wilmot Deloui Matthews, then five years later they established the Canada Malting Company Limited of which Clarke was president.
Clarke was appointed lieutenant governor November 20, 1919. Diagnosed with stomach cancer, Clarke died at Government House, Toronto. After a state funeral, he was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.
References
Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online http://www.biographi.ca/EN/009004-119.01-e.php?id_nbr=8078