About Lionel Herbert Clarke
Lived 1859 – 1921 (aged 62). Lionel Herbert Clarke was a Canadian politician.
Lionel Herbert Clarke (July 20, 1859 – August 29, 1921) was a Guelph-born businessman and the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada. In 1911, he was appointed the first chairman of the Toronto Harbour Commission
The son of William Clarke and Clara Piggott Strange, he was educated in Port Hope. In 1891, Clarke married Anne Clara Gertrude Small.
In 1893, Lionel partnered with "barley king" Wilmot Deloui Matthews as L. H. Clarke and Company, malt dealers, then in 1900 they established the Canada Malting Company Limited of which Clarke became president in 1908.
Clarke was appointed lieutenant governor November 20, 1919. Diagnosed with stomach cancer, Clarke died at Government House, Toronto. After a state funeral, he was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.
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Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
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Lionel Herbert Clarke was born on 20 July 1859 in Guelph.
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Lionel Herbert Clarke died on 29 August 1921 in Toronto.
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Lionel Herbert Clarke was a politician.
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