Lionel Herbert Clarke

Lionel Herbert Clarke
Lionel Herbert Clarke (portrait by Edmund Wyly Grier.
12th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
In office November 20, 1919 – August 29, 1921
Monarch	George V
Governor General	The Duke of Devonshire The Lord Byng of Vimy
Premier	Ernest Charles Drury
Preceded by	John Strathearn Hendrie
Succeeded by	Henry Cockshutt
Personal details
Born	(1859-07-20)July 20, 1859 Guelph, Ontario
Died	Toronto, Ontario
Nationality	Canadian
Spouse(s)	Anne Small (m. 1891)
Alma mater	Trinity College School University of Edinburgh
Occupation	brewer, businessman

Lionel Herbert Clarke (July 20, 1859 – August 29, 1921) was a Guelph born businessman and the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada. In 1911 he was appointed the first chairman of the Toronto Harbour Commission

The son of William Clarke and Clara Piggott Strange, he was educated in Port Hope. In 1891, Clarke married Anne Clara Gertrude Small.

In 1895 his L. H. Clarke and Company formed a malt dealership with "barley king” Wilmot Deloui Matthews, then five years later they established the Canada Malting Company Limited of which Clarke was president.

Clarke was appointed lieutenant governor November 20, 1919. Diagnosed with stomach cancer, Clarke died at Government House, Toronto. After a state funeral, he was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.

References

Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online http://www.biographi.ca/EN/009004-119.01-e.php?id_nbr=8078

Government offices
Preceded by Sir John Strathearn Hendrie	Lieutenant Governor of Ontario 1919–1921	Succeeded by Henry Cockshutt