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	[[General (United Kingdom)\|General]] '''Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke, 3rd Baronet''', {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|sep=,\|GCB\|GCVO}} (13 December 1839 – 22 April 1932) was a [[British Army]] officer who was [[Quartermaster-General to the Forces]].		[[General (United Kingdom)\|General]] '''Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke, 3rd Baronet''', {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|sep=,\|GCB\|GCVO}} (13 December 1839 – 22 April 1932) was a [[British Army]] officer who was [[Quartermaster-General to the Forces]].

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[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] '''Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke, 3rd Baronet''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|GCB|GCVO}} (13 December 1839 – 22 April 1932) was a [[British Army]] officer who was [[Quartermaster-General to the Forces]].

==Military career==
Educated at [[Eton College]], Clarke was [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] into the [[57th Regiment of Foot]] in 1856.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=21853|page=696|date=26 February 1856}}</ref>

He rose to become [[Commandant-General]] of the Colonial Forces of the [[Cape of Good Hope]] between 1880 and 1882. He held a series of administrative roles before becoming [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the [[Madras Army]] in 1893 (renamed "the Madras Command of the Indian Army" in 1895).<ref name="burke">{{cite book |title= [[Burke's Peerage|Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood]]|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Mosley, Charles |editor-link=Charles Mosley (genealogist) |edition=107 |year= 2003 |page=808 |ref=Burke |isbn=0-9711966-2-1}}</ref>

He was appointed to the command of the Sixth Army Corps in the [[Second Boer War]] in South Africa in December 1899. He served as [[Quartermaster-General to the Forces]] from 1899 until 1903, during which he was promoted to [[General (British Army)|general]] on 5 August 1902.<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=27480 |page=6347 |date=7 October 1902}}</ref> The following year he became [[List of Governors of Malta|Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta]], serving until he retired in 1907.<ref name="burke"/>

He succeeded to the title of [[Clarke baronets|3rd Baronet Clarke of Dunham Lodge]] on 25 April 1899.<ref name="burke"/>

==Family==
In 1867 he married Gemma Cecilia Adams (who died in 1922) and they had three sons and three daughters. All his sons predeceased him and he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew, [[Orme Bigland Clarke]]. In 1929 he married Constance Marion Warner.<ref name="burke"/>

== Decorations ==
[[Order of the Bath|Most Honourable Order of the Bath]]
* Companion, CB, 1879 ''after the [[Zulu War]]''
* Knight Commander, KCB, [[1896 Birthday Honours]]
* Knight Grand Cross, GCB, 29 November 1900, ''in recognition of services in connection with the Campaign in South Africa 1899–1900''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27306 |date=19 April 1901 |page=2695}}</ref>

[[Royal Victorian Order]]
* Knight Grand Cross, GCVO, 1903

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