Charles Goddard Clarke

[1][2][3][4] The son of Richard Clarke and his wife Mary née Millard, he was educated in Liverpool.

[3][4][5] In 1898 he was elected to the London County Council as a member of the Liberal-backed Progressive Party majority group, representing Peckham.

[3][4][5] The 1906 general election was Clarke's third attempt to enter the Commons, and he was chosen to contest the constituency of Peckham.

There was a large swing to the Liberals, and he won the seat, defeating the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament Sir Frederick Banbury.

[5] Early in 1908 Clarke became ill, and died of pneumonia at his home at Champion Hill in March, aged 68.