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Name: CLARKE, Edward Ashley Walrond

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Nee: son of Capt. John Walrond Clarke, late 10th Hussars and Gentleman at Arms

Birth Date: 6.4.1860 Chelsea, London

Death Date: 14.2.1913 Zanzibar

First Date: 1906

Profession: Joined the Foreign Office in 1881, was appointed Secretary to the Uganda Railway Committee 1899, and was in charge of the African Department in 1904. In 1906 he was appointed to proceed on a special mission to Zanzibar

Area: East Africa

Married: In Easthampstead, Berkshire, 19.11.1908 Angelena 'Lena' Frances Milman b. 1862 Kensington, d. 16.1.1914 London

Book Reference: Gillett, info from Kevin Patience

School: Radley College 1876-79

General Information:

Given a commission as an Acting First Secretary in the Diplomatic Service. After various other appointments abroad, he was promoted in 1909 to be HBM Diplomatic Agent and Consul-General in Zanzibar and subsequently for GEA.
Kevin Patience - Grave No. 56 in English cemetery, Zanzibar

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