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Derek Clarke (31 December 1912 - 10 February 2014) was a Scottish painter.

Life
His father was Percy Christopher Clarke (11 December 1874 - 1 August 1961) from Bracefield, Lincolnshire, England.

His mother was Muriel Gertrude Townsend (24 March 1878 - 12 September 1965) from Peterborough, England.

Derek Hugh Clarke was born on 31 December 1912 in Longthorpe, a suburb of Peterborough.

He married Ann Kate Isabel Swan (2 April 1918 - 31 May 1974) from Newcastle Upon Tyne in October 1942 in London, England.

When Ann died, Derek was to remarry. He married Pat Semple, the Scottish landscape artist, in Edinburgh in 1992.

Death
He died on 10 February 2014 in Edinburgh.