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Name: CLARKE, Edward Ashley Walrond
Nee: son of Capt. John Walrond Clarke, late 10th Hussars and Gentleman at Arms
Birth Date: 6.4.1860 Chelsea, London
Death Date: 14.2.1913 Zanzibar
First Date: 1906
Profession: Joined the Foreign Office in 1881, was appointed Secretary to the Uganda Railway Committee 1899, and was in charge of the African Department in 1904. In 1906 he was appointed to proceed on a special mission to Zanzibar
Area: East Africa
Married: In Easthampstead, Berkshire, 19.11.1908 Angelena 'Lena' Frances Milman b. 1862 Kensington, d. 16.1.1914 London
Book Reference: Gillett, info from Kevin Patience
School: Radley College 1876-79
General Information:
Given a commission as an Acting First Secretary in the Diplomatic Service. After various other appointments abroad, he was promoted in 1909 to be HBM Diplomatic Agent and Consul-General in Zanzibar and subsequently for GEA.
Kevin Patience - Grave No. 56 in English cemetery, Zanzibar