Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed . ompany was that of the Cordwainers, and being in due courseelected one of the wardens of the fraternity, he took an active part ininducing the members to rebuild their ancient hall. The new build-ing was occupied for the first time at Easter, 1S44, and at the head-meeting day in June following Mr. Clark and his co-warden werethe recipients of a special vote of thanks, which was ordered to bepainted on a board and suspended in the hall. Five years later he VOL. I. 36 562 GEORGE NOBLE CLARK. was presented with a silver salver in testimony of unfeignedgratitude
Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed . ompany was that of the Cordwainers, and being in due courseelected one of the wardens of the fraternity, he took an active part ininducing the members to rebuild their ancient hall. The new build-ing was occupied for the first time at Easter, 1S44, and at the head-meeting day in June following Mr. Clark and his co-warden werethe recipients of a special vote of thanks, which was ordered to bepainted on a board and suspended in the hall. Five years later he VOL. I. 36 562 GEORGE NOBLE CLARK. was presented with a silver salver in testimony of unfeignedgratitude for the consummate ability and inflexible integrity which,for eight successive years, had marked his services as seniorwarden. At the municipal election in 1851 Mr. Clark became a candidatefor the representation of South St. Andrews Ward in NewcastleTown Council. He was unsuccessful, t)ut the following year heattained the object of his ambition. When he presented himselffor re-election in 1855 he was defeated, and he did not again. ^^t*:^^^^ seek the suffrages of his fellow-electors. Among the freemen heremained a conspicuous figure, taking a lively part in the discussionsat guild meetings, and entering with much vigour into the heatedcontroversies that occasionally arose between the freemen and theCorporation. When St. Andrews Burial Board was established hewas elected a member, and subsequently chairman,—an office whichhe retained till 1879. After his fathers death he was appointeda trustee of the Newcastle Savings Bank, and in 1870 undertookthe laborious office of treasurer to that institution. During the HEWSON CLARKE. 563 cholera outbreak in 1832, and again in 1853, his exertions wereindefatigable, and he was able to give from his own experience valu-able evidence respecting the nature and extent of both epidemicsto the Commission which investigated the subject in 1854. Thelater years of his life were spent in the discharge of public duty, asfar as his health permitted,
Size: 1397px × 1788px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidmenofmarktwi, bookyear1895
