[1] Francis Carr Clerke was born in Mayfair, London, England on 24 October 1748.
Clerke became the adjutant of the regiment on 3 February 1776 before General John Burgoyne appointed him aide-de-camp.
On 7 October 1777 during the Battle of Bemis Heights, Clerke was mortally wounded after being shot (reportedly by Timothy Murphy, a soldier in the Morgan's Riflemen unit).
[citation needed] He had been delivering Burgoyne's order to withdraw the artillery at the time.
His acts were acknowledged publicly in Parliament and it was said to have brought honour to the Clerke family name.