Twelfth Generation

1522. Thomas Chatfeild Clarke was born on 22 August 1829 in Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. He appeared in the census in 1841 in Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. He appeared in the census in 1881 in 132 Westbourne Terr., Paddington, London, England. Thomas died in 1895 at the age of 66 in Paddington, London, England. England Births and Christenings
Name: Thomas Chatfeild Clarke
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 22 Aug 1829
Birthplace: HIGH STREET-UNITARIAN OR PRESBYTERIAN,NEWPORT,HAMPSHIRE,ENGLAND
Father's Name: Abraham Clarke
Mother's Name: Jane Chatfeild
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C06941-1
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 0595455 (RG4 36), 0595455 (RG4 42)
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Death GRO 3rd qtr 1895
Clarke, Thomas Chatfeild 65 Paddington 1a 41
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a Fellow of both the Royal Institute of British Architects and of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Thomas Chatfeild-Clarke was the Liberal candidate for Poole in Dorset and later for Hammersmith, which he contested unsuccessfully at the 1885 general election. He was also a member of the London School Board and was closely connected to Liberal political causes such as The Society for the Liberation of Religion from State Patronage and Control and franchise reform. He was connected with the Unitarians, as was his wife's family, and built the 1886 headquarters for the denomination on the site of the original Essex Street Chapel.
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Success as an architect, surveyor and estate agent and his father’s directorships of companies, investments or shareholdings. The family also owned land and property in the Isle of Wight.
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England and Wales Census, 1881
Name: Thomis C Clarke
Age (Original): 52
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1829
Birthplace: Newport, Isle Of Wight, Hampshire, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Architect & J P
Address: 132 Westbourne Ter
Event Place: Paddington, Middlesex, England
Record Type: Household
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 19 / 58
Page Number: 53
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Thomis C Clarke Head M 52 Newport, Isle Of Wight, Hampshire, England
Ellen Clarke Wife F 54 Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England
Howard C Clarke Son M 20 Islington, Middlesex, England
Sarah Brooks Servant F 32 St Lukes, Middlesex, England
Arthur Edy Servant M 26 Isleworth, Middlesex, England
Catherine J Smith Servant F 31 St Marbis Or Field, Middlesex, England
Eliza A Nokes Servant F 28 Frome, Somerset, England
Emily Moore Servant F 17 Nooton, Isle Of Wight, Hampshire, England
GS Film number: 1341004

Thomas Chatfeild Clarke and Ellen Nettlefold were married in 1859 in Hackney, London, England. Marriages GRO 3rd qtr 1859
Clarke, Thomas Chatfield Hackney 1b 529
Nettlefold, Ellen Hackney 1b 529
Ellen Nettlefold was born about 1827 in Bloomsbury, London, England. She appeared in the census in 1881 in 132 Westbourne Terr., Paddington, London, England. from Birmingham

Thomas Chatfeild Clarke and Ellen Nettlefold had the following children:

+2725	i.	Howard Chatfeild-Clarke.
2726	ii.	Sir Edgar Chatfeild-Clarke was born on 17 February 1863 in Islington, London, England. He died Influenza on 16 April 1925 at the age of 62 in Wootton, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. Birth GRO 1st qtr 1863 CLARKE, Edgar Islington 1b 332 ===== Chatfeild-Clarke seems to have been a man with a private income, presumably derived from his father’s success as an architect, surveyor and estate agent and his father’s directorships of companies, investments or shareholdings. The family also owned land and property in the Isle of Wight. Edgar does not appear to have engaged in any trade or profession in addition to his public and political career. His elder brother, Howard Chatfeild-Clarke (1860–1917), was an architect and surveyor like his father and was in partnership with his father in the firm of T Chatfeild-Clarke & Son but Edgar does not seem to have been associated with the company. He did however introduce a Private Members' Bill into the House of Commons on behalf of the Surveyors' Institution, for the registration of the profession and to protect the public from employing unqualified personnel as surveyors, land agents or auctioneers. However the Bill failed to pass as Chatfeild-Clarke did not achieve a sufficiently high placing in the Private Members' Ballot but the seed of future regulation of the profession had been sown. ----- Pollitics Local politics Chatfeild-Clarke did however inherit his father's politics. He was first elected to the Isle of Wight County Council in 1900 and remained a member up until the time of his death in 1925. He also served as a Justice of the Peace, a member of the Isle of Wight Education Committee and as a member of the IoW Advisory Committee re the appointment of Magistrates. He was an officer of the Island Liberal Federation, being its President in 1920. ----- Parliament 1922 Chatfeild-Clarke stood for Parliament on one occasion only, at the 1922 general election in the Isle of Wight constituency. The seat had been represented by the Conservatives since January 1910 but it had elected Liberals in 1880 and 1906. In 1904, John Seely who had been elected as a Conservative in 1900 defected to the Liberals, so there was some radical tradition for Liberals to exploit there in 1922. Although there was a Labour candidate standing in 1922, dividing the progressive vote, he lost his deposit gaining 11.2% of the poll. The Conservative vote was also badly split by the intervention of an Independent Conservative candidate, who took 21% of the poll. This allowed Chatfeild-Clarke to top the poll with a majority of 1,582 votes. 1923 ----- Chatfeild-Clarke decided that he did not wish to stand again for Parliament again. He cited poor health as his reason for standing down but there was speculation that he was standing aside to make way for the former MP, Jack Seely, to get back into the House of Commons.[15] Seely held the seat in 1923 – but only just, securing a majority of 90 votes or 0.3% of the total number of votes cast. Labour again lost their deposit. Other honours and appointments ----- Chatfeild-Clarke was knighted in 1913 and was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight in 1920. ----- Death Chatfeild-Clarke died on 16 April 1925 of influenza at his home in Wooton on the Isle of Wight, at the age of 62
+2727	iii.	Cecil Manners Clarke.
+2728	iv.	Robert Sutton Clarke.