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 663 KNIGHTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE [CLARKE Nagpur and at Elpliinstone Coll. ; is a land- ownei' ; hon. magistrate, 1st class ; leader of the Prabhu community ; chairman Distr. Council, Nagpur, 1889-1913 ; presid. Nagpur Municipal Committee 189G-1913 ; presid. of Central Pro- vinces and Berar Provincial Conference 1906 ; an addnl. memb. of the council of the Gov. -Gen. 189i-5, 1898-9, 1907-8, and 1910-13. Residence — Xagpur, C.P., India. CHITTY, K.C.M.G. Great. 1910 ; C.M.G. 1908. — SiK Aethub Chitty, s. of the late Capt. A. AV. Chitty, CLE. B. at Blackhea th July, 1864 : ed. at Clifton Coll. ; ent. service of Egyp- tian Govt. Jan. 1883 ; Comptroller of Direct Taxes, Ministry of Finance, 1892-1900 ; direc- gen. of Customs 1900-6 ; direc.-gen. Revenue, Ministry of Finance, 1906-8 ; was apptd. ad- viser to the Ministry of the Interior Dec. 1908, retired 1910 ; has the Order of the Osmanieh (Ist. cl.), and of the Medjidie (3rd cl.), rank of Bey (Mootamaiez). CHITTY, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Clara Jessie, dau. of the Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Bt. M. 7 Sept. 1858, the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph William Chitty, late Lord Justice of Appeal, who d. 16 Feb. 1899. Residence — 72, Onslow Gardens, S.W. Issue — CHRISTIE, K.C.B. (civ.). Creat. 1904; C.B. 1897. — Sib William Henry Mahoney Christie, s. of the late Prof. Samuel Hunter Christie, F.R.S., of Roy. Mil. Acad., Woolwich. B. 1 Oct. 1845 ; m. 13 Dec. 1881, Violette Mary (d. 13 Dec. 1888), dau. of late Sir Alfred Hickman, 1st Bt., of Wightwick, Wolverhampton ; ed. at King's Coll. Sch. London, and Trin. Coll. Camb. ; B.A. (4th wrangler) 1868 ; M.A. 1871 ; hon. D.Sc. Oxford ; F.R.S. ; chief assist, in Roy. Obser- vatory, Greenwich, 1870-81, Astronomer Roy. 1881-1910 ; is a past master of the Clockmakers' Livery Company. Residence — The Tower House, Downe, Kent. Clubs — Athenteum ; Saville. Issue — Harold Alfred Hunter Christie, b. 18S4. CHURCH, K.C.V.O. Creat. 1909.— Prof. Sir Aethtjr Hebbeet Church, s. of John Thomas Church, of Bedford Row, Gray's Inn, solicitor, and Maria Susanna, dau. of Benjamin Booty, of Walsingham, Norfolk. B. in London 2 June, 1834 ; m. 3 May, 1879, Jemima, dau. of the late John Buckingham Pope ; ed. at King's Coll. Sch., Roy. Coll. of Chemistry, and Oxford (1st cl. nat. science 1860) ; B.A. 1860, M.A. 1863, D.Sc. 1901 ; prof, of chemistry Roy. Agricultural Coll. Cirencester 1 863-79, and in the Roy. Academv of Arts 1879-1911 ; fell. Iving's Coll. London"; author of many chemical researches and treatises ; has superintended (gratuitously) the conservation of wall-paintings and stonework in many public buildings for H.M. Office of Works, the Admiralty, etc. ; F.C.S. 1856, F.R.S. 1888, F.S.A., F.I.C., and sometime pres. Mineralogical Soc, etc. Resi- dence — Shelsley, Kew Cxardens, Surrey. Club — Burlington Fine Arts. Issue, none. CLARK, K.C.B. (mil.). Creat. 1901.— Vice- Ad ji. Sir Bouverie Francis Clark, s. of Rear- .A.dm. William Clark, of Langhaugh, Roxburgh- shire, and Janet, dau. of Maj. James Alston- Stewart, of LTrrard, Perthshire. B. 19 March, 1842 ; m. 2 Jan. 1868, Katherine Colburn (d. 9 June, 1902), dau. of Capt. William Colburn Mayne, late 6th Northumberland Fusiliers ; ent'. R.N. 1864, lieut. 1862, commander 1876, capt. 1884, rear-adm. 1899, vice-adm. 1904 (ret.) ; director of transports 1896—1901. Residence — Victoria Lodge, Francis Street, Westminster, S.W. Clubs — Naval and MiUtary ; United Service. CLARK, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1907.— Sir Wil- liam Mortimer Clark, s. of John Clark, manager Aberdeen Insurance Co., and Jane Mortimer his wife. B. 24 May, 1836 ; m. 22 Nov. 1866. Helen (d. 16 July, 1914), dau. of Gilbert Gordon, of Caithness ; ed. at Marischal Coll., Aberdeen, and Edinburgh Univ. (life memb. of gen. covmcil) ; for 15 years Senator of Toronto Univ. ; LL.D., Toronto 1902 ; Queen's Univ. 1903; admitted W.S. 1869 : settled in Toronto same year ; Barr.-at-law, Ontario, 1869 ; Q.C. 1890 ; chnnn. Knox College since 1880 ; is pres. Toronto Mort- gage Co., and director Toronto Gas Co., General Trusts Co., Canadian Genl. Elec. Co., and Norwich Union Insurance Company ; formerly president St. Andrew's Society, and Canadian Inst. ; chrmn. Board of Trustees of Pres. Church in Canada ; Governor of Ontario 1903-8. Residence — 28, Avenue Road, Toronto. Issue — 1. J. Jlortimer Clark. 2. E. Gordon Clark. CLARK, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1903. — Sir Wil- Li.AM Ovens Clark, s. of late Janies Johnston Clark, of Largantogher, Londonderry, D.L., J.P., dau. of late Robert Hall, of Merton Hall, CO. Tipperary. B. 14 Jan. 1849 ; m. 16 Feb. 1885, Florence Emily, dau. of Robert A. Lawrie ; ed. at Trin. Coll. Dub.; Barr-at-law I.C.S. ; judge of Chief Court of the Punjab 1896, chief judge 1898—1909; served in Punjab as asst. cominnr., doing special famine duty in Bengal 1874. Resi- dence — 43, Lexham Gardens, Kensington, W. Club — East India United Service. Issue — 1. Alexander Janies Clark, b. 1885, I.C.S. ; m. 19 Sept. 1912, Eva Litton, dau. of Ernest Clarke, M.D. 2. Capt. Witham Hartly Clark, I.C.S., b. 1887 ; m. 1910, Alice Piercy, dau. of E. P. Henderson. 1. Florence Lilian, m. 1909, Evelyn R. Abbott, I.C.S. CLARKE, Privy Counsellor. Apptd. 1908. Knt. Bach. Creat. 1836. — Rt. Hon. Sir Edward George Clarke, s. of J. G. Clarke. B. 16 Feb. 1841 ;m. 1st 29 Dec. 1866, Annie (d. 4 March, 1881), dau. of G. Mitchell, of Lincoln's Inn Fields ; j m. 2nd, 12 Aug. 1882, Kathleen Mathilda, dau. of Augustus Bryant ; ed. at College House, I Edmonton, and the City Commercial School. I Lombard St. ; was made an Associate in Arts of Oxford, 1858, also Associate of the City of London College, and Associate and hon. Fellow of King's Coll. London ; was Tancred student in common law 1861-7 ; Barr.-at-Iaw (Lincoln's Inn) 1864 ; Q.C. (1880); bencher 1882; treasurer 1906; Solicitor-Gen. 1886-92 ; was offered and refused the Mastership of the Rolls 1897 ; M.P. Southwark 1880, Plymouth 1880-1900, and City of London Jan. -June, 1906 (res. through ill-health) ; memb. House of Laymen of the Province of Canterbury ; memb. of Roy. Commission on Church Discipline 1904 ; Senior Warden of the Shipwrights' Com- pany 1912. Residence — Peterhouse, Staines. Chambers — 2, Essex Court, Temple, E.G. Clubs ■ — Carlton ; St. Stephen's ; Garrick ; Citj' Carlton. Issue — CLARKE, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1898.- Sir Ernest Clarke, s. of James Johnson Clarke, of Bury St. Edmunds, and Georgiana Ellen, dau. of Peter Palmer, of Southwold, Suffolk. B. 21 Feb. 1856 ; m. 5 Aug. 1880, Marguerite, dau. of James Prevost, of Leghorn ; ed. at Guildhall Sch., Bury St. Edmunds; hon. M.A. Camb. 1894: clerk in the medical depart. Local Govt. Board 1872-81 ; asst. sec. Share and Loan Depart. Stock Exchange 1881-7 ; sec. to Roy. Agricul- tural Soc. 1887-1905 ; lecturer on Agricultural History. Camb-L^niv., 1896-9 : hon. memb. Nat. Agric. Socs. of England, Scotland, France, Ger- many, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Moravia, and Argentina ; pres. of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries, 1910-11 ; F.S.A., F.L.S., F.S.S., F.C.I.S., etc. ; Chevalier Ordre du Merita Agricole 1889. Residence — 31, Tavistock Square, W.C,