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Alured Clarke (24 de noviembre de 1744 - 16 de septiembre de 1832) fue un oficial del Ejército Británico, Teniente Gobernador de la Provincia de Quebec, y administrador civil del Bajo Canadá.
Sir Alured Clarke GCB (24 November 1744 – 16 September 1832) was a British Army officer. He took charge of all British troops in Georgia in May 1780 and was then deployed to Philadelphia to supervise the evacuation of British prisoners of war at the closing stages of the American Revolutionary War.
Alured Clarke obtained an ensigncy in the 50th Foot in 1759 and six years later became a captain in the 5th Foot. After being made major in the 54th Foot in 1771, he was promoted lieutenant-colonel in 1775.
- Peter Burroughs
- CLARKE, Sir ALURED
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 6
Alured Clarke fue un oficial del Ejército Británico, Teniente Gobernador de la Provincia de Quebec, y administrador civil del Bajo Canadá. Tras servir en Canadá, Clarke sirvió como Comandante en Jefe de las fuerzas británicas en Madrás, para pasar posteriormente a Bengala, y finalmente, al total de la India.
16 de ago. de 2020 · The Reverend Alured Clarke D.D. was a prebendary (clergyman) at Westminster Abbey from 1731-1742. He was born in 1696 a son of Alured, of Godmanchester, and his wife Ann (Trimnell). His brother Charles was later a baron of the Exchequer.
CLARKE, ALURED. (1744–1832). British officer. Born on 24 November 1744, Alured Clarke became an ensign in the 50th Foot in 1759. After seeing service in Germany, he was promoted to lieutenant on 10 May 1760, and then became captain of the Fifty-second Foot on 30 December 1763.
Alured Clarke's first military service was in Germany under the Marquess of Granby. As a lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Fusiliers he served in the American War of Independence. He was in command at Charleston and Savannah.
