Orme Bigland Clarke, 4th Baronet CBE (8 October 1880 in Calcutta, India – 31 March 1949)[1] was a British lawyer and military officer.
According to Dan Izenberg in his article: "Founding Father"(see Sources), author Natan Brun writes in his "Judges and Jurists in the Land of Israel" that Clarke was responsible for a large part of the legal framework.
[3] Izenburg states that "the seeds of the modern Supreme Court were sown on December 9, 1917, when Allenby entered Jerusalem and declared martial law."
Izenberg states that according to Brun: "he served as minister of justice, legal adviser to the government and chief prosecutor."
Upon his death the Baronetcy passed to his eldest son, Sir Humphrey Orme Clarke, 5th Bt.