Sir William Clarke (died 1666) was an English politician. Born about 1623 in London of obscure parentage, he was admitted as a student to Inner Temple in 1645 and called to the bar in 1653. On 28 January 1661 he was appointed Secretary at War, after having served for at least the previous twelve years as secretary to General Monck. Clarke served as Secretary to the Council of the Army, 1647–1649, and Secretary to General Monck and the Commanders of the Army in Scotland, 1651-1660. Clarke served as the Secretary at War from 1661 to his death in 1666, as a casualty of war with the Dutch. With the Restoration, both Monck and Clarke had great favour with Charles II, who bestowed knighthood upon Clarke and gave him the use, for a term of some years, of the great lodge and 60 acres within Marylebone Park. His widow was Dorothy Clarke, and they had one son, George Clarke. (From Wikipedia)
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The Clarke Papers: Selections From the Papers of William Clarke, Secretary to the Council of the Army, 1647-1649, and to General Monck and the Commanders of the Army in Scotland, 1651-1660 (4 volumes from the Camden Society and Royal Historical Society series, published 1891-1899), by William Clarke, ed. by C. H. Firth (page images at HathiTrust)
Books by William Clarke:
- Clarke, William, Sir, 1623-1666: The Clarke Papers: Selections From the Papers of William Clarke, Secretary to the Council of the Army, 1647-1649, and to General Monck and the Commanders of the Army in Scotland, 1651-1660 (4 volumes from the Camden Society and Royal Historical Society series, published 1891-1899), ed. by C. H. Firth (page images at HathiTrust)
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Clarke, William, Sir, 1623-1666: The Clarke papers (Johnson Reprint Corp., 1965), also by C. H. Firth (page images at HathiTrust)- Clarke, William, Sir, 1623-1666: The Clarke papers. Selections from the papers of William Clarke, secretary to the Council of the Army, 1647-1649, and to General Monck and the commanders of the army in Scotland, 1651-1660. (Printed for the Camden Society, 1891), also by C. H. Firth (page images at HathiTrust)
- Clarke, William, Sir, 1623-1666: Puritanism and liberty (University of Chicago Press, 1951), also by Great Britain. Army and A. S. P. Woodhouse (page images at HathiTrust)
- Clarke, William, Sir, 1623-1666: Report on the manuscripts of F. W. Leyborne-Popham, esq., Littlecote, co. Wilts. (Printed for the H. M. Stationary off., by the "Norfolk Chronicle" company, ltd., 1899), also by Great Britain Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, S. C. Lomas, John Collins, George Clarke, Edward Popham, and Francis William Leyborne-Popham (page images at HathiTrust)
- Clarke, William, Sir, 1623-1666: Report on the manuscripts of F. W. Leyborne-Popham, esq., of Littlecote, co. Wilts ... (Printed for H.M. Stationery off., by the "Norfolk chronicle" company, ltd., 1899), also by Great Britain Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Sophia Crawford Lomas, John Collins, George Clarke, Edward Popham, and Francis William Leyborne-Popham (page images at HathiTrust)
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