Sir Charles Mansfield Tobias Clarke, 6th Baronet (8 September 1939 – 16 September 2019), known as Sir Toby Clarke since 1973, was a British businessman.

Clarke was the son of Sir Humphrey Clarke, 5th Baronet and was educated at Eton, Christ Church, Oxford, La Sorbonne, and New York University. He founded The Baronets' Journal in 1987 and from 1993 to 1996 he was chairman of the Standing Council of the Baronetage Bankers Trust Co. He was associate director of Swiss Bank Corp. in 1992–94, underwriting member, Lloyds from 1984 to 2001, and lord of the Manor of Bibury.

Toby Clarke

Through his grandmother, Elfrida Roosevelt (Lady Clarke, wife of Sir Orme Bigland Clarke, Bt, CBE), he was related to U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. President Roosevelt was his first cousin, three times removed. He was also the second cousin, three times removed to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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He was married to Charlotte Walter and then Teresa Loraine Aphrodite de Chair (daughter of Somerset de Chair) (divorced). He has three children (by his second marriage): Theodora Roosevelt Clarke, Augusta Elfrida Clarke, and Olympic athlete Lawrence Somerset Clarke.

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He was a Vice-President of the Standing Council of the Baronetage.

Clarke died on 16 September 2019, eight days after celebrating his 80th birthday.

See also

Clarke of Dunham Lodge, Norfolk

References

Sources

thePeerage.com

Who's Who 2008

1939 births

2019 deaths

Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford

University of Paris alumni

Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

People educated at Eton College

English people of American descent

Roosevelt family

British expatriates in the United States

New York University alumni

British expatriates in France

Clarke baronets