George Clarke (27 January 1798 – 29 July 1875) was a New Zealand missionary, teacher, public servant, politician and judge.
Clarke married Martha Elizabeth Blomfield (born 11 December 1802 in Wymondham).
[1] His son Edward Blomfield Clarke was the first child baptised in St. John the Baptist Church at Te Waimate Mission (10 July 1831).
[8] In 1840, Clarke was made Chief Protector of the Māori by the recently appointed lieutenant-governor, Captain Hobson.
Clarke returned to Waimate North and became a farmer and resumed his work as secretary of the CMS in New Zealand.