Obit: Clarke, Thomas Henry Matthews March 4, 1941 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Dublin Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Elizabeth W Knowlton knowltonew@earthlink.net June 19, 2011, 1:39 pm CLARKE, THOMAS HENRY MATTHEWS MARCH 4, 1941 Irish Times, Mar 6, 1941 The death occurred this week at Marlay Grange, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin, of Colonel Thomas Henry Matthews Clarke, C.M.G., D.S.O., C.B.E., A.M.S., aged 72 [probably 71]. The son of Staff Surgeon Thomas Matthews Clarke, B.A., M.B., of the British Army Medical Department, Colonel Clarke was educated in Trinity College, Dublin, where he took his B.A., M.B., B.Ch. and B.A.O. degrees; and he entered the Army Medical Service in 1897. He served in the Imperial Forces in Kandia, Crete, during the massacre of the Christians by the Moslems, was twice wounded, and twice was mentioned in despatches. He was decorated for gallantry following the attack by the Moslems on the British Hospital at Kandia and became a member of the Kandia Provisional British Administration. For his services he received the thanks of the Cretan Chamber of Deputies. He was "seconded" under the Foreign Office, and in 1900 he became personal physician to Prince George of Greece. In 1912 he was Physician and Surgeon to the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham. He was a Knight of the Order of the Saviour of Greece. Colonel Clarke, who had retired from the Army after the Great War (he received the C.B.E. in 1919), wrote several works on Crete, notably "Sanitary Work in Crete," "Blue Book," "Turkey, No. 1," [and] "Prehistoric Sanitation in Crete (Knossus)." Colonel Clarke was well-known and popular in racing circles. He was a member of the Turf Club. [Then follows a long paragraph about his horses but no mention of his wife and three daughters.] Additional Comments: He was married to Susan Morrell Chapin, an American. His mother was Elizabeth Anne Hamilton Wrigley.