British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815
Clarke, Alured
By: Ron McGuigan
Clarke, Alured (24 November 1744- 16 September
1832)
Also as Alured Clark.
Ensign 50th Foot 1759, Lieutenant 50th Foot 1760, Captain 52nd Foot
1763, Captain 5th Foot 1767, Major 54th Foot 1771, Brevet Lieutenant
Colonel 1775, Lieutenant Colonel 54th Foot 1775, Lieutenant Colonel
7th Foot 1777, Brevet Colonel 1781, Brigadier General North America
1782, Brigadier General West Indies 1784-1790, Major General 1790,
Lieutenant General India 1796, Lieutenant General 1797, General 1802,
Field Marshal 1830.
Early Service: on continent Seven Years War 1760, North America 1776-1783
and Muster Master-General of Foreign Troops 1782, West Indies
1783-1790.
Service 1793-1815: British North America Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
1790-1793, Cape of Good Hope 1795, Commander-in-Chief Madras
Presidency India 1795-1796, Commander-in-Chief Bengal Presidency India
1797-1798, Governor-General India 1797-1798, and Commander-in-Chief
India 1798-1801.
KB 1797. GCB 1815.
Colonel of the 1st Battalion 60th Foot 1791-1794, 68th Foot
1794, 5th Foot 1794-1801, 7th Foot 1801-1832.
Placed on the Napoleon Series: February 2010
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