Clark baronets of Melville Crescent, Edinburgh (1886)

Escutcheon of the Clark baronets of Melville Crescent

The Clark baronetcy, of Melville Crescent, Edinburgh in the County of Midlothian, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 28 September 1886 for Thomas Clark, ^[1] Lord Provost of Edinburgh between 1885 and 1888.

Clark baronets, of Melville Crescent, Edinburgh (1886)

The grave of the Edinburgh Clark baronets, Dean Cemetery

• Sir Thomas Clark, 1st Baronet FRSE (1823–1900) ^[2]
• Sir John Maurice Clark, 2nd Baronet (1859–1924) ^[3]
• Sir Thomas Clark, 3rd Baronet FRSE (1886–1977) ^[4]
• Sir John Douglas Clark, 4th Baronet (1923–1991) ^[5]
• Sir Francis Drake Clark, 5th Baronet (1924–2019) ^[6]
• Sir Edward Drake Clark, 6th Baronet (born 1966) ^[7]

The heir presumptive is Timothy Ian Hugh Clark (born 1966), a great-grandson of the 2nd Baronet. ^[8]

Extended family

Henry James Douglas Clark MC (1888–1978), second son of the 2nd Baronet, was a Brigadier in the 1st Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. ^{[9] [10] [11] [12]}

Notes

1. "No. 25630". The London Gazette . 1 October 1886. p. 4784.
2. "Clark, Sir Thomas" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
3. "Clark, Sir John Maurice" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
4. "Clark, Sir Thomas" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
5. "Clark, Sir John (Douglas)" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
6. "Clark, Sir Francis (Drake)" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
7. "Clark, Sir Edward Drake" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
8. Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. London: Debrett's Peerage. 2000. p. B227. ISBN   033354577X.
9. Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, Including All the Titled Classes. 1921. p. 181.
10. "Lives of the First World War: Henry James Douglas Clark". livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk.
11. Great Britain Army Dept (1969). The Army List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 39.
12. Burke, Sir Bernard (1940). Burke's War Gazette and Corrigenda to the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, the Privy Council, Lords Spiritual and the Ministry. Burke's Peerage Limited. p. 17.