- Godfrey Clarke
Godfrey Clarke (born c. 1684 d , 1734), was an English politician who represented Derbyshire in the 18th century.
Clarke was the son of Gilbert Clarke of
Chilcote and his wife Barbara Clerke daughter of George Clerke of Northamptonshire. The family was long associated withSomershall [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50724 "Parishes: Calke - Chesterfield", Magna Britannia: volume 5: Derbyshire (1817), pp. 70-89. Date accessed: 18 September 2008] ] and had acquired Chilcote Hall in the 17th century. The estate ofSutton Scarsdale between 1736 and 1740. [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50708 "General history: Gentry families extinct since 1500", Magna Britannia: volume 5: Derbyshire (1817), pp. CXII-CLII. Date accessed: 18 September 2008] ]Clarke was elected
Member of Parliament for Derbyshire in 1710. He held the seat until 1734.Clarke married Catherine Stanhope daughter of
Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield in 1706. Clarke's son or grandsonGodfrey Bagnall Clarke (b c 1742) was the last member of the family of Chilcote.It is recorded that Clarke died
14 March 1734 , [ [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1OUKAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA144&ots=wQG1Lju-wv&dq=%22Godfrey%20Clarke%22%20derby&pg=PA144&ci=524,559,379,71&source=bookclip">The History of the County of Derby Drawn Up from Actual Observation, and from the Best Authorities; Containing a Variety of Geological, Mineralogical, Commercial, and Statistical Information] By Stephen Glover, Thomas Noble] but that makes it difficult for him to have bought Sutton in dates up to 1740.References
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