Dictionary of Indian Biography/Clerk, Sir Godfrey

by Charles Edward Buckland

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CLERK, SIR GODFREY (1835–)

General : son of Sir George Russell Clerk (q.v.), the Governor of Bombay : born Oct. 25, 1835 : entered the Army, 1851 : served with the Rifle Brigade in the Indian mutiny and N.W. Frontier campaign : Adjutant-General of the Madras Army, 1880–5 : Assistant Military Secretary at Headquarters, 1886–7 : D.A.G. to the Forces, 1887–92 : commanding Belfast District, 1892–3 : Lieutenant of the Tower of London, 1897–1900 : Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria, and to H.M the King : C.B. : K.C.V.O. in 1902.