George Clerk
1787–1867
Statesman. Succeeded to the baronetcy in 1798. MP for Midlothian, 1811–32 and 1835–7; for Stamford, 1838–47 and 1847–52. Lord of the Admiralty, 1819–27. Secretary to the Treasury, 1834–5 and 1841–5. Vice-president of the Board of Trade and master of the Royal Mint, 1845–6. President of the Zoological Society, 1862–7. FRS 1819.
Sources
DNB
Modern English biography.
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
Modern English biography: Modern English biography, containing many thousand concise memoirs of persons who have died since the year 1850. By Frederick Boase. 3 vols. and supplement (3 vols.). Truro, Cornwall: the author. 1892–1921.
