Charles W. Clark

Charles Walker Clark, also known as "C. W. Clark" or "Charlie Clark" (November 3, 1871 – April 3, 1933), was an American businessman and the eldest son of William Andrews Clark Sr., one of the Copper Kings.

Early life Clark was born on November 3, 1871, in Deer Lodge, Montana. His father, William A. Clark (1839–1925), was a Montana copper magnate and later a United States Senator for Montana. His mother, Katherine Louise Stauffer (1844–1893), was a socialite.

Education and career Charlie was provided elite schooling in New York City and throughout Europe, and graduated from Yale University in 1893. He could read Greek and French, and played the violin. Later that year, he married Cecelia "Celia" Tobin (1874–1965), a member of San Francisco high society, who came from one of San Francisco’s founding families, who opened and grew its Hibernia Bank and were patrons of numerous civic causes. She had been trained as a pianist and in equestrianism. Charlie and Celia had four children, three daughters and a son. Following his divorce to Celia becoming official on July 23, 1925, Charlie married his third wife, Elizabeth Wymond Judge in August of that year and they remained married until Charlie's death

Mansions and estates Charlie and his various wives held properties throughout the country. The Clark Chateau on Broadway Street in Butte was owned with his first wife, and was his first major mansion with 26 rooms and over 13,000 square feet, located on Broadway Street in Butte, Montana With his second wife, a Pebble Beach villa was constructed from 1919 - 1925 and featured an Italianate home built around a central courtyard with fountain on a cliff providing sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean. With his third wife, he held a country estate in Aiken, South Carolina.