Dictionary of Indian Biography/Clarke, Sir Andrew
CLARKE, SIR ANDREW (1824–1902)
Son of Col. Andrew Clarke : born 1824 : educated at King's School, Canterbury, and Woolwich : entered the Royal Engineers, 1844 : was A.D.C. to Sir W. Denison, Governor of Tasmania, 1849–53 : in the Maori war, New Zealand : on the Staff of Sir George Grey : Surveyor-General of Victoria : Minister for Public Lands in the Legislative Assembly at Melbourne : nine years Director of Works for the Navy : Governor and C. in C. of the Straits Settlements, 1873–5 : P.W.D. Member of the Supreme Council of the Governor-General, 1875–80 : Commandant of the School of Military Engineering at Chatham, 1880–2 : Inspr-General of Fortifications, 1882–6 : retired in 1886 as Lt-General : K.C.M.G., 1873 : G.C.M.G., 1885 : Col. Commandant R.E. : unsuccessfully contested Chatham in 1886 and 1893 : Agent-General to the Colony of Victoria for many years : died March 29, 1902 : also C.B. and C.I.E.