1661 Charles Clarke

Constituency  : Peckham 1906-08

Charles  took  Peckham  from  the  Conservatives. He  did  not  stand  as  a  Liberal-Labour  candidate   but  was  closely  aligned  with  the  Lib-Lab  members.

Charles  was  educated  in  Liverpool.In  1873 he  married  the  daughter  of  a  druggist  and  became  his  business  partner. He  was  a  Baptist. He  stood  for  Dulwich  in  1895  then  got  elected  to  the  L.C.C,. He  stood  for  Mile  End  in  1900. He  was  Mayor  of  Camberwell  in  1902-03.

He  died  of  pneumonia  in  1908  aged  68.