William Henry Clark
Sir William Henry Clark
Early life
Clark was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. His father was John Willis Clark.[citation needed]
Diplomatic career
Clark began his career as a clerk at the Board of Trade in 1899. He was Secretary to the Special Mission to Shanghai to negotiate a Commercial Treaty with China in 1901, went on to become acting 2nd secretary in Diplomatic Service in February 1902,[1] and was secretary to Royal Commission on Supply of Food, etc., in Time of War, 1903-1905. He was private secretary at Board of Trade to David Lloyd George, 1906; to Winston Churchill, 1908; and again to Lloyd George as Chancellor of Exchequer, 1908–1910. Clark was also the Member for Commerce and Industry of the Council of the Viceroy of India, 1910–1916; Comptroller-General, Commercial Intelligence Department of Board of Trade, 1916–1917; Comptroller-General of Department of Overseas Trade, 1917–1928.
Clark was the first High Commissioner of HM Government to
He is buried in the
See also
- List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to Canada
- List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to South Africa
References
- ^ "No. 27411". The London Gazette. 28 February 1902. p. 1281.
- ^ A Cambridge Necropolis by Dr. Mark Goldie, 2000
- Entry at British Library of Political and Economic Science
- Full text of 1929 speech to the Empire Club of Canada
- Entry at Manuscripts and Archive of the University of Cape Town
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