The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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George Clarke (1661 - 1736)

Parliamentarian (representing Oxford University) and architect. He matriculating at Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1676, graduating in 1679. The next year, he was awarded a fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford, where he studied law; he graduated BCL in 1686. He was appointed to the commission of the Admiralty in 1710. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/5496 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clarke Relevant locations: Educated at Brasenose College, Oxford University
Workplace or place of business All Souls College , Oxford University
 References in Documents:
MS Book of Benefactors (MacGregor, ed.)

George Clarke LLD, Fellow of All Souls College and several times Member of Parliament for this University had, in Queen Anne's reign, the post of Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty. Being deeply appreciative of beautifully made objects, he commissioned a model of a warship with all its masts, sails and rigging, and resolved that it should be anchored in this safe harbour. Here it is only right to remember William Lee Esq. who made the little ship so beautifully.