Lionel Herbert Clarke (July 20, 1859 – August 29, 1921) was a Guelph-born businessman and the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada. In 1911, he was appointed the first chairman of the Toronto Harbour Commission

Lionel Herbert Clarke
Portrait by Edmund Wyly Grier
12th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
In office
November 20, 1919 – August 29, 1921
MonarchGeorge V
Governors GeneralThe Duke of Devonshire
The Lord Byng of Vimy
PremierErnest Charles Drury
Preceded bySir John Strathearn Hendrie
Succeeded byHenry Cockshutt
Personal details
Born(1859-07-20)July 20, 1859
Guelph, Canada West
DiedAugust 29, 1921(1921-08-29) (aged 62)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Spouse
Anne Small
(m. 1891)
Alma materTrinity College School
University of Edinburgh
OccupationBrewer, businessman

The son of William Clarke and Clara Piggott Strange, he was educated in Port Hope. In 1891, Clarke married Anne Clara Gertrude Small.

In 1893, Lionel partnered with "barley king" Wilmot Deloui Matthews as L. H. Clarke and Company, malt dealers, then in 1900 they established the Canada Malting Company Limited of which Clarke became president in 1908.

Clarke was appointed lieutenant governor November 20, 1919. Diagnosed with stomach cancer, Clarke died at Government House, Toronto. After a state funeral, he was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.

References

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Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online http://www.biographi.ca/EN/009004-119.01-e.php?id_nbr=8078

Government offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
1919–1921
Succeeded by