Constituency : Sandwich 1847-52, 1857-66
Clarence was a younger son of the Marquess of Anglesey. He joined the navy in 1827 in time to take part in the Battle of Navarino. He was promoted to Commander in 1834 and Captain in 1839. He unsuccessfully contested Southampton in 1837. He became secretary to the Master-General of the Ordnance in 1846, holding the post until 1853. At the same time he was MP for Sandwich between 1847 and 1852. In 1854 he commanded a ship in the Baltic expedition during the Crimean War. He returned to Parliament in 1857.
Clarence was appointed Secretary to the Admiralty, not without controversy as he had been previously critical of departmental practice, in 1859 and held the post until March 1866 when he resigned his post and fleet in order to become Commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean fleet.
Clarence held the post until 1869. He retired as an Admiral in 1876 and spent his retirement as a sculptor. He erected his own statue of Nelson on the Anglesey coast. He died in 1895 aged 83.
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