Rear Admiral Sir Charles Philip Clarke, KBE, CB, DSO (14 March 1898 – 13 November 1966) was a Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer, Malta.

Clarke joined the Royal Navy in 1911 and was promoted to midshipman in 1914 at the start of the First World War.

[1] He served in the Second World War becoming commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Caledon in July 1939 and commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Glasgow in November 1943.

[2] Clarke became Director of Mobilisation at the Admiralty in March 1946 and Flag Officer, Malta in June 1948.

[3] In retirement he served as President of the Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers from 1955 to 1956.