Edmund Hugh Clerk

CLERK, EDMUND HUGH. Adm. pens. at St. John's, June 14, 1832. 7th s. of Thomas, Major, E.I.C.S., deceased [of Westholme, Somerset]. B. Feb. 5, 1819 (? 1817), at Wells, Somerset. School, Warminster. Matric. Michs. 1834; LL.B. 1839. Of Burford, Shepton Mallet, Somerset. J.P. and D.L. Married and had issue. Died Mar. 17, 1900. Brother of the above. (Burke, L.G., 1927; Walford, Co. Fam.)

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§ EDMUND HUGH CLERK, Esquire, Justice of the Peace and Deputy-Lieutenant for the county of Somerset, Bachelor of Civil Law. Born 1819, being the seventh son of the late Major Thomas Clerk of Westholm, in the county of Somerset, by his wife Dorothy, fourth daughter of John Taylor of Townhead, in the county of Lancaster. Livery Pale blue and gold. Armorial bearings as used, but 7ohich have not been matriculated in Lyon Office, are for Arms:

Or, a fesse chequy azure and argent, between two crescents gules and a boar's head sable, a bordure azure (for Clerk) ; on an escutcheon of pretence or, a lion rampant proper between three mullets argent (for Taylor). Crests— i. an /Escidapius' ivand ; 2. a huntsman in green proper (for Clerk). Mottoes—' ' Amat Victoria curam," and ' ' Free for a blast." Married, 1855, Eliza Alicia, daughter of Colonel J. Bladen Taylor, Member of Parliament for Hythe ; and has lisne— Edith Dorothy. Estate and postal address—Burford, Shepton Mallet.

Source: Armorial families; a directory of some gentlemen of coat-armour, showing which arms in use at the moment are borne by legal authority (1899)

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List of Members.

Clerk, Edmund Hugh..Westholme House, Shepton Mallet, Somersetshire

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Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol I. page 322