The Cullen Project | People [PERS ID:2507]

People [PERS ID:2507]

Field	Data
ID	2507
Title	Colonel
First Name	George
Middle Name/Initial(s)
Last Name	Clerk
Maiden Name
AKA	Clarke, Clark
Gender	Male
Occupation	Military
Medical Professional?	Unknown

Birth/Death

Birth/Death
Birth (year)	1731
Date of death (year)	1788

Notes


Son of Hugh Clerk, merchant, Edinburgh; younger brother of Robert Clerk of Mavisbank and cousin of Sir James Clerk of Penicuik. Lieut-Col of 43rd Regiment of Foot (the Monmouthshires). Appointed Barrack-master in North America, 1776: in New York in 1779. In England in 1783. Lives at Rooks Nest, Godstone, Surrey (later home to George Gilbert Scott). Pers 3190 is his nephew. He is in his 53rd year (i.e. 52) in 1783. He d. 22 March 1788 in London (notice in Scots Magazine). Will (National Archives) 3 May 1788.

Son of Hugh Clerk, merchant, Edinburgh; younger brother of Robert Clerk of Mavisbank and cousin of Sir James Clerk of Penicuik. Lieut-Col of 43rd Regiment of Foot (the Monmouthshires). Appointed Barrack-master in North America, 1776: in New York in 1779. In England in 1783. Lives at Rooks Nest, Godstone, Surrey (later home to George Gilbert Scott). Pers 3190 is his nephew. He is in his 53rd year (i.e. 52) in 1783. He d. 22 March 1788 in London (notice in Scots Magazine). Will (National Archives) 3 May 1788.

Cases that this person appears in:

Count	Case ID	Case Name
1	Case 1473	Case of Colonel George Clerk [Clark, Clarke, Clerke] who becomes excessively weak and feeble from chronic costiveness, breathlessness, and other chronic complaints. In New York he has a perpetual fever and stomach complaint and mentions consulting Cullen before but no firm evidence traced unless he is the same patient as Case 283 in 1768.