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 general d'Aguilar during the combined naval and military operations in the Canton river in 1847, when the forts of the Bocca Tigris, the Staked Barrier, and the city of Canton were taken. He also served through the second Sikh war (medal), where he was present at the first siege of Mooltan as aide-de-camp to General Whish, at the action at Soorjkoond (attached to Brigadier Markham), at the second siege and fall of the city and citadel, the capture of the port of Cheniote and the battle of Goojerat; as aide-de-camp to Brigadier Mountain, he took part in the pursuit of the Sikhs and the passage of the Jhelum; attached to the staff of Sir Walter Gilbert, he was present at the surrender of the Sikh army and guns, and in the forced march on Attock, which drove the Afghans across the Indus; and as aide-de-camp to Brigadier, afterwards Lord Clyde [q. v.], he was present in the advance upon and occupation of Peshawur 21 March 1849. He served in the Crimea from December 1854, at the siege of Sebastopol, where he commanded the right wing of the 18th Royal Irish, the leading regiment of Eyre's brigade, in the assault of 18 June 1855, and was wounded in the neck; he was appointed assistant adjutant-general at headquarters 10 Aug., and was present in the assault of 8 Sept. 1855 (medal, C.B., Sardinian and Turkish medals, and fifth class of the Medjidie). He was afterwards assistant quartermaster-general at Aldershot, and in February 1862 was selected to succeed General W. McMurdo as commandant of the military train. Clark-Kennedy was twice married, first in 1850 to the only daughter of J. E. Walford of Chipping Hall, Essex, who died in 1857, leaving two sons; and secondly, in 1859, to Charlotte, daughter of Colonel Hon. Peregrine Cust, by whom he had three daughters. Clark-Kennedy died on 18 Dec. 1867, of dysentery, at Cairo, where he had gone on special service connected with the Abyssinian expedition.



CLARKE. [See also, and .]

CLARKE, ADAM, LL.D. (1762?–1832), Wesleyan preacher, commentator, and theological writer, was born about 1762 at Moybeg, in the parish of Kilcronaghan, co. Londonderry, of a family which at one time had held extensive estates in the north of Ireland. He was educated in the school of the neighbourhood, but gave no promise of the remarkable love of learning which he afterwards displayed. Through the influence of John Wesley he completed his education at Kingswood School, near Bristol. Having been profoundly impressed with the gospel, he became a methodist in 1778; at an early age he began to exhort, and passed through the stages of local preacher and regular preacher without much formal education. He was appointed to his first circuit, that of Bradford, Wiltshire, in 1782. A profound admirer of John Wesley, he shared his spirit, prosecuted his aims, and followed his methods, making conversion and sanctification of men's souls the great objects of his preaching. While a conscientious methodist, he had very friendly feelings towards the church of England. As a preacher, he soon became remarkably popular. He rose to high rank in the Wesleyan body, and thrice filled the presidential chair (1806, 1814, and 1822). At first he was moved from place to place, according to the Wesleyan arrangement, being engaged at various times in Ireland, Scotland, the Channel Islands, and the Shetlands (1826). In the last-named place a methodist mission had been established at his suggestion in 1822. After 1805 he chiefly lived in London and the neighbourhood.

It was remarkable that while second to none in the labours of the ministry, Clarke was a most assiduous scholar. The habit of early rising, great activity, and systematic working enabled him to acquire a large and varied learning. First the classics engaged his especial attention, then the early christian fathers, and then oriental writers; Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, and other Eastern tongues, with the literature which they represented, being among the subjects of his study. Natural science was a favourite subject, and he had an interest in what are called the occult sciences. He contributed to the 'Eclectic Review' from the date of its establishment in 1804, and rendered much literary assistance to the British and Foreign Bible Society. In 1807 he received the diploma of M.A. from the university and King's College, Aberdeen, and in 1808 that of LL.D. In the course of time he became a fellow of the Antiquarian Society, a member of the Royal Irish Academy, an associate of the Geological Society of London, a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, and a member of the American Historical Institute. Such honours were so rare in the ranks of the Wesleyan ministry that Clarke acquired a unique position among his brethren. Instead of gendering the jealousy which scholarly eminence is apt to breed in a democratic church, his honours seem to have been looked on by them with pride.

The literary power and capacity of 