Herbert Lovell Clarke (15 August 1881 - 4 April 1962) was Archdeacon of Leeds [1] from 1940 until 1950.
Clarke was born into an eminent ecclesiastical family: his father was the first Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne. [2] He was educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford and St John's College, Cambridge. [3] He was Assistant Missioner at Lady Margaret Church, Walworth then a Curate at Wimbledon. He was Vicar of All Saints' Church, Nottingham [4] from 1913 until 1923, [5] during which time he also served with the Sherwood Foresters. [6] Later he was Vicar of Armley from 1923 to 1933; Rector of Barwick-in-Elmet from 1933 to 1942; [7] Rural Dean of Whitkirk from 1938 to 1943; [8] and Vicar of Horsforth from 1944 to 1951. [9]