George Sydenham Clarke

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George Sydenham Clarke was a British colonial administrator and military engineer who served in several high-ranking imperial posts in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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instanceOf British colonial administrator
human
military engineer
politician
awardReceived Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1848-07-04
dateOfDeath 1933-02-07
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dictionary of National Biography
surface form: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
educatedAt Haileybury College
surface form: Haileybury and Imperial Service College

Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
ethnicGroup English
familyName Clarke
fieldOfWork fortification
military engineering
genre military history
strategic studies
givenName George
honorificTitle 1st Baron Sydenham of Combe
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank colonel
nobleTitle Baron Sydenham of Combe
notableWork Fortification: Its Past Achievements, Recent Developments, Future Progress
The Last Great Naval War
occupation author
colonial administrator
engineer
soldier
participatedIn Committee of Imperial Defence
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
placeOfBirth Lincolnshire
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London
politicalAlignment British imperialist
positionHeld Governor of Bombay
Governor of Victoria
Member of the Committee of Imperial Defence
Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence
residence Mumbai
surface form: Bombay

London, England
surface form: London

Victoria

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Governor of Bombay positionHeldBy George Sydenham Clarke