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Edward Clarke (died 1723) was an English politician, son of Rev Samuel Clarke Rector of Raynham, Norfolk and Katherine Symonds. A Whig Alderman and a worstead weaver, Clarke was elected mayor in 1700 and MP for Norwich in 1701 but defeated in the August 1702 and in the November 1703 elections. Clarke was buried in St Andrew, Norwich on 17 November 1723, his will was proved on 24 January 1724.〔"Norwich Consistory Court"〕 He was the father of theologian and philosopher Samuel Clarke to whom he left some properties in Briston, Norfolk. Clarke's other children were John Clarke, Mary Gough and Elizabeth Skipper. Edward Clarke was a remote relative of Nathaniel Symonds (c.1648-1720), MP for Great Yarmouth in 1709-10. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Clarke (MP for Norwich)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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