George Hyde Clarke (1743-1824)

George Hyde Clarke, of Berkeley Square, London & Lancashire

Called "an execrable villain," his uncle referred to him as "my profligate nephew". Having run up gambling debts he fled to Europe to escape his creditors. He abandoned his first wife in favor of another with whom he ran off with to Jamaica. When he got bored of her, he paid a Frenchman to marry her, taking her off his hands. Returning to England, he kept a mistress before his death in London.

Parents (2)

Edward Clarke

Major Edward Clarke, Commissioner of Indian Affairs at Albany N.Y.

1716-1776

Elizabeth Guthrie

Mrs Elizabeth (Guthrie) Clarke

1717-1764

Spouses (2)

Katherine Nesbitt Hussey

Mrs "Kathy" (Hussey) Clarke

d.1830

Sophia Astley

Mrs "Sophie" (Astley) Clarke, then Foncier de Bussy

1749-1831

Partner (1)

Sarah Lee

Sarah Lee, mistress of George Hyde Clarke

b.c.1793

Children (5)

George Clarke

George Clarke, 1st of Hyde Hall, Cooperstown, New York

1768-1835

Edward Hyde Clarke

M.P., of Swanswick & Lainbridge House, Bath

1770-1826

Hyde John Clarke

Captain Hyde Clarke R.N., J.P., of Hyde Hall & Llangollen, Somerset

1777-1857

Robert Hyde Clarke

1779-1820

Elizabeth Lee Clarke

Mrs Elizabeth (Clarke) Hodgson

1808-1897

Image Courtesy of Hyde Hall, Cooperstown