CLARKE, Edward
Dr Edward Clarke was born in Ipswich around 1816, the third child of William Barnard Clarke (1754-18 May 1833), bailiff of Ipswich, and his wife Susan Conder (1772-13 May 1856), daughter of Thomas Conder, an Ipswich leather-cutter, and widow of Pastor Lloyd by whom she had three children, William and Susan married at Hollesley, Suffolk on 12 February 1804. Edward's elder brother was William Barnard Clarke. Edward married at Jarrow Church, Durham in 1841, Anne Leah Clarkson (baptised 31 October 1819-9 October 1870), only daughter of Captain William Clarkson, R.N. of Rotherside, Surrey. Edward illustrated his brother's book 'Narrative of the Wreck of the "Favorite" on the Island of Desolation (1850). In 1851 he was a 34-year-old doctor living at Butt Lands, Wells, Walsingham, Norfolk with his wife Anne and four children, Frances Elizabeth 6 and Kate Emily 4 both born at Hartleypool and Frank Edward 2 and Charles William 1, both born in Ipswich. In 1854 Dr Edward Clarke and his family emigrated to Launceston, Tasmania, as medical officer, and aboard the City of Hobart, a voyage which he described in a Journal with a letter of address to his brother 'Journal of a trip to Tasmania in the City of Hobart steamship' by Edward Clarke. Edward spent his last years in Melbourne, Australia by 1873 he had moved to Emerald Hill, living on the corner of Clarendon Street and Albert Road and practising in Montague Street until his death. Dr Edward Clarke of the Grove, South Melbourne died on 23 March 1897. His son was Frank Edward Clarke.
Works by This Artist
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John Nunn of IpswichDrawn by Dr Edward Clarke
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