Ernest Clark (governor)
Ernest Clark ( born April 13, 1864 in London, England; † August 26, 1951 in Seaton, England ) was a British civil servant and Governor of Tasmania.
Life
Clark was born in 1864 as son of the teacher Samuel Henry Clark and his wife Ann in London's Plumstead. After the visit of King's College, he obtained a position as an official in the British Treasury. In 1894 he was admitted as a Barrister, member of the Bar of the Inner Temple and worked in the following for the Legal Department of the Treasury. On April 13, 1899 he married the merchant's daughter Mary Winkfield. In the years 1904-05 and 1910-11, he worked in the South African Cape Colony for the local colonial administration. During World War II he was in the War Office and employed in the Ministry of Munitions.
In the 1920s, Clark had held various positions in financial management, which have led him to Northern Ireland. 1928/29, he undertook as part of a British business delegation to travel to Australia and learned under which the Prime Minister of Tasmania, Joseph Lyons, know. In 1933 he was offered the position of Governor of Tasmania, the last three years due to lack of funds could not be filled. Clark participated in this, and he still agreed beyond a to invest a portion of its private wealth and the content governor in Tasmania.
Clark's tenure was eventually extended three times and lasted until 1945. He is described as hard-working governor. As a Freemason he was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Hobart.
After the end of his tenure, Clark returned to England and sat down to rest. In 1947 he married Harriet Jessie Constance McLennan. Clark died in 1951 at his home in Seaton.
Awards
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1918 )
- Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1920 )
- Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (1924 )
- Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (1938 )
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (1944 )