User:EE Project/Edward Clarke

Edward Clarke (1650–1710), English politician

He was the only son of Edward Clarke (d. 1679) of Chipley and his first wife, Ann née Knight of Buckinghamshire; in 1675 he married Mary Jepp (d. 1705); it was a very happy marriage and they had 11 children. He was educated at the University of Oxford (Wadham College) 1667; studied law at the Inner Temple 1670; called to the Bar 1673. MP for Taunton from 1690 to his death; he was appointed auditor-general from 1691 to 1694, when he became an excise commissioner. He was a close friend of John Locke.