FAMOUS SOLDIER DEAD.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 98, 27 April 1932, Page 7

FAMOUS SOLDIER DEAD.

GEN. SIR CHARLES CLARKE,

LONDON, April 26,

The death has occurred of General Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke, the famous British soldier, aged 93 years.

Charles Mansfield Clarke, soldier, former Governor of Malta, and baronet, was with the first troops sent out to New Zealand, and took part in the fighting which occurred in the Maori Wars, his services being commended in dispatches several times. He next saw service in South Africa in the Zulu War in 1879. In the vigorous operations of this campaign "Clarke's Column" was a by-word for bravery and dash, contributing greatly to the success of the campaign. He was made commandant-general of the colonial forces at the Cape, and remained in that post until 18S2. In 1886 he went to Ireland as Deputy Adjutant-General. From 1892 to 1898 he was Commander-in-Chief of the forces in Madras with the rank of lieutenant-general. He was made Governor of Malta in 1903, and received the G.C.V.O.

He married a daughter of W. P. Adams in 1807, and had a son and two daughters. Lady Clarke died in 1922. In April, 1929, it was announced that Sir Charles, at the age of 89, had become engaged to be married to Miss Constance Warner.