George Sydenham Clarke, 1st Baron Sydenham of Combe GCSI GCIE GCMG GBE (4 July 1848–7 February 1933) was a British colonial administrator and British Army officer.
After being Governor of Victoria (Australia), he was a member of the committee that issued the Esher Report. The biographer of the Committee's chairman describes Clarke as "...an insensitive, clumsy, uncouth and infinitely boring man..."[1] He was the first Secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence.
Originally a Liberal, he became increasingly reactionary in his later life and was, in the 1930s, a prominent supporter of fascist causes.
References
- ^ James Lees-Milne The Enigmatic Edwardian: The Life of Reginald, 2nd Viscount Esher, London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1986, p. 146.
External links
- Sir George Sydenham Clarke at the Australian Dictionary of Biography
- Archival material relating to George Clarke, 1st Baron Sydenham of Combe listed at the UK National Register of Archives
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| Preceded by The Lord Brassey |
Governor of Victoria 1901–1903 |
Succeeded by Sir Reginald Talbot |
| Preceded by The Lord Lamington |
Governor of Bombay 1907–1913 |
Succeeded by The Lord Willingdon |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by New creation |
Baron Sydenham of Combe 1913–1933 |
Succeeded by Title extinct |
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