Roger Clark

of Clarks Shoes

1871 Born the son of William Stephens Clark

1899 Joined the business

1902 Birth of son William Bancroft Clark

1904-47 Director

1913 Birth of son Stephen Clark

1916 Birth of Nathan M. Clark

1938-42 Chairman

1947 September 15th. Retired from the business

Name: Roger Clark

Sex: M

Birth: 28 APR 1871 in Greenbank, Street, Somerset, England

Reference Number: -204

Event: Record # 3924/

Event: Book # 1/

Event: Page # 204,308/

Death: 28 AUG 1961 in Greenbank, Street, Somerset, England

Ancestry Hints for Roger Clark

   2 possible matches found on Ancestry.com  

Father: William Stephens Clark

Mother: Helen Priestman Bright

Marriage 1 Sarah Bancroft b: 24 AUG 1877 in Rockford, Wilmington, Del.

Married: 18 JUN 1900 in Rockford, Wilmington, Del.

Children

William Bancroft Clark b: 01 MAR 1902 in Street, Somerset, England

Priscilla Bright Clark b: 03 FEB 1906 in Street, Somerset, England
Hadwen Priestman Clark b: 19 NOV 1908
Stephen Clark b: 26 DEC 1913 in Street, Somerset, England
Nathan Middleton Clark b: 17 JUL 1916
Eleanore Clark b: 24 JUN 1919 in Street, Somerset, England
Mary Priestman Clark b: 19 AUG 1922 in Street, Somerset, England
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Name: Roger CLARK

Reference Number: P5159

Sex: M

Birth: 28 APR 1871 in Street, Somerset

Death: 28 AUG 1961 in Street, Somerset

Ancestry Hints for Roger CLARK

   2 possible matches found on Ancestry.com  

Father: William Stephens CLARK b: 22 FEB 1839 in Street

Mother: Helen Priestman BRIGHT b: 10 OCT 1840 in Rochdale

Marriage 1 Sarah BANCROFT b: 24 AUG 1877 in Rockford, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.

Married: 18 JUN 1900 in Rockford, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.

Children

William Bancroft CLARK b: 1 MAR 1902 in Street, Somerset

Priscilla Bright CLARK b: 3 MAR 1906 in Street, Somerset
Hadwen Priestman CLARK b: 19 DEC 1908 in Street, Somerset
Stephen CLARK b: 26 DEC 1913 in Street, Somerset
Nathan Middleton CLARK b: 17 JUL 1916 in Street, Somerset
Eleanor CLARK b: 24 JUN 1919 in Street, Somerset
Mary Priestman CLARK b: 19 AUG 1922 in Street, Somerset
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Alfred Gillett Trust GB2075 WNP Whitenights Papers, 1800-1983
Charlotte Berry
7 July 2011
Revised 29 Nov 2011, 21 Dec 2011, 17 Jan 2012, 25 Apr 2012, 30 Oct 2014, 11 May 2015
WN
Whitenights Papers
1800-1983
ADMINISTRATIVE AND BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Whitenights was purchased as the marital home of Roger Clark (RC) and Sarah
Bancroft Clark (SBC). Situated on Overleigh in the southern edge of Street, it was
originally ‘Overleigh Farm’, acquired by the Clark family by marriage in 1723. It
burnt down in 1878 and was extensively remodelled by Samuel Thompson Clothier.
A substantial family home, it was added to in 1910 and became a focal point for that
particular branch of the Clark family.
Roger Clark (1871-1961) was the second child and son of William Stephens Clark
(WSC, 1839-1925) and Helen Priestman Bright Clark (HPBC, 1840-1927). His
brothers and sisters were John Bright Clark (1867-1933), Esther Bright Clark, later
Clothier (1873-1935), Alice Clark (1874-1934), Margaret Clark, later Gillett (1878-
1962) and Hilda Clark (1881-1955). Roger Clark was born in Street and educated at
Bootham School, York. He returned to Somerset to work at Clark, Son and Morland,
studying briefly at the Yorkshire College in Leeds, becoming a partner in 1896 and a
director from 1899-1937. He joined C & J Clark Ltd in 1899, becoming a life director
in 1904 and also secretary. He was chairman of the company 1938-1941 and retired
from the board in 1947. He was also a founder director of the Avalon Leather Board
Company Ltd.
Roger Clark met Sarah Bancroft (1877-1973) on a trip to the United States, which
included a visit to Wilmington, Delaware to see some distant cousins related through
the Rochdale Bright and Bancroft connections. Sarah Bancroft was the daughter of
William Poole Bancroft (1835-1928) and Emma Cooper Bancroft (1848-1929). Roger
and Sarah married in 1900 and had the following children: (William) Bancroft Clark
(1902-1993), Priscilla Bright Clark, later Johnston (1906-1993), Hadwen Priestman
Clark (1908-1924), Stephen Clark (1913-2011), Nathan Middleton Clark (1916-
2011), Eleanor Clark later Robertson (1919-2009) and Mary Priestman Clark later
Lovell (1922-). Sarah’s sister Lucy Bancroft (b 1880) married Henry Tregelles Gillett
(b 1870) in 1908 and subsequently settled in Oxford: Roger’s sister Margaret married
Henry’s first cousin Arthur Bevington Gillett.
Particular interests of Roger and Sarah were local history, the arts, education,
temperance and women’s suffrage. They were responsible for the building of
Hindhayes Infants School (as a memorial to their son Hadwen). Roger served as clerk
of the London Friends’ Yearly Meeting from 1920-1927 and of Mid Somerset 1930-
1951. He was a keen contributor to the family literary society Village Album and was
a member of Somerset County Council for 11 years.
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ARCHIVAL HISTORY
The Whitenights book and object collection was divided by the family in 1973 with
further selections made in 1984: items not retained in the family were loaned to the
Museum in 1974 and stored at Greenbank House. It seems that the archival items