Sir Charles Clarke, 3rd Baronet

General Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke, 3rd Baronet, GCB, GCVO (13 December 1839 – 22 April 1932) was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.

Military career
Educated at Eton College, Clarke was commissioned into the 57th Regiment of Foot in 1856.

He rose to become Commandant-General of the Colonial Forces of the Cape of Good Hope between 1880 and 1882. He held a series of administrative roles before becoming Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army in 1893 (renamed "the Madras Command of the Indian Army" in 1895).

He was Quartermaster-General to the Forces from 1899 until 1903 when he became Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta: he retired in 1907.

He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baronet Clarke of Dunham Lodge on 25 April 1899.

Family
In 1867 he married Gemma Cecilia Adams (who died in 1922) and together they went on to have a son and two daughters. In 1929 he married Constance Marion Warner.

Decorations
Most Honourable Order of the Bath
 * Companion, CB, 1879 after the Zulu War
 * Knight Commander, KCB
 * Knight Grand Cross, GCB, 29 November 1900, in recognition of services in connection with the Campaign in South Africa 1899-1900

Royal Victorian Order
 * Knight Grand Cross, GCVO, 1903