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Lionel Herbert Clarke

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Monarch
  
Name
  
Lionel Clarke

Died
  
August 29, 1921

Nationality
  
Canadian

Succeeded by
  
Spouse(s)
  
Anne Small (m. 1891)


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Governor General
  
The Duke of DevonshireThe Lord Byng of Vimy

Preceded by
  
John Strathearn Hendrie

Born
  
July 20, 1859Guelph, Ontario (
1859-07-20
)

Lionel Herbert Clarke (July 20, 1859 – August 29, 1921) was a Guelph born businessman and the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada. In 1911 he was appointed the first chairman of the Toronto Harbour Commission

The son of William Clarke and Clara Piggott Strange, he was educated in Port Hope. In 1891, Clarke married Anne Clara Gertrude Small.

In 1895 his L. H. Clarke and Company formed a malt dealership with "barley king” Wilmot Deloui Matthews, then five years later they established the Canada Malting Company Limited of which Clarke was president.

Clarke was appointed lieutenant governor November 20, 1919. Diagnosed with stomach cancer, Clarke died at Government House, Toronto. After a state funeral, he was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.

References

Lionel Herbert Clarke Wikipedia


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