Unwin Clarke (22 June 1764 – 3 February 1847) was Archdeacon of Chester from 1801 until his death.[1]

The son of Stockdell Clarke, a wealthy Cheshire land owner,[2] Clarke was educated at Wadham College, Oxford;[3] and was the Vicar of Neston[4] and Eastham.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ 'Multiple News Items' The Morning Post (London, England), Monday, February 08, 1847; pg. 8; Issue 22833. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800-1900
  2. ^ "Classical Victorians: Scholars, Scoundrels and Generals in Pursuit of Antiquity" Richardson,E p194: Cambridge, CUP, 2013 ISBN 978-1-107-02677-3
  3. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Clarke, Unwin" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ "The Clergy List for 1840" p40:London C.Cox, 1841
  5. ^ "History of the city of Chester, from its foundation to the present time : with an account of its antiquities, curiosities, local customs, and peculiar immunities ; and a concise political history" Hemingway, J Chester' J. Fletcher; 1831 p326
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