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Thomas Clarke | |
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| Died | 26 October 1799 Bath, England |
| Allegiance |  Great Britain |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars | Siege of Charleston |
General Thomas Clarke (died 26 October 1799) was a senior British Army officer.[1]
He was the son of Charles Clarke of Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire, Member of Parliament and Baron of the Exchequer.
He was a Captain in the short-lived Duke of Bedford's Foot (1745-46) which was raised to deal with the Jacobite rising of 1745. He then joined Colonel the Hon. Charles Howard's Regiment of Foot (which later became the 19th Foot) , transferring in 1749 to be a Lieutenant and Captain in the Coldstream Guards. With them he took part in the diversionary attacks on Cherbourg and St. Malo in 1759.
Further pomotions followed; Captain and Lieutenant Colonel, 1761; Brevet Colonel, 1773; Major, 1775 and Major-General, 1777. In 1780 he was engaged in the successful Siege of Charleston, South Carolina under Sir Henry Clinton during the American war of independence.
He was made Lieutenant-General in 1782, full General on 3rd May 1796 and appointed Aide-de-Camp to the King in 1773. From 1780 to 1792 he held the colonelcy of the 31st Regiment of Foot [2]and from 1792 to 1799 that of the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot.[3]
He acted as Bailiff of Godmanchester for 1762, 1770, 1779 and 1797.
He died at Bath in 1799.
References
- ^ "General Thomas Clarke 1780 - 1792". Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 9 January 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 19 December 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2017.