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His father
William Robinson Clark (1829-1912) |
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His (second) wife
Helen "Nellie" Lyon-Clark (nee Holt)
c.1919 |
| They married in 1909 and were divorced in 1927 |
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William Lyon Clark
c. 1913 |
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| William Lyon Clark was the first son of William
Robinson Clark and Elizabeth Jane Higgins. He had
five sisters and five brothers. |
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| He was christened by his father on the 7th March 1858
at St Matthias, Birmingham, England. |
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| He changed his name by deed poll to Lyon-Clark on the
4th April 1911 thus becoming William Lyon Lyon-Clark |
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| He appears to have married twice and had two sons, Basil
Lyon Clark (by first wife) killed in WW1 and Anthony William
Patrick Lyon-Clark (by his second wife Helen "Nellie"
Holt) killed in WW2. |
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| He is believed to have spent much of his early life
abroad, possibly in India. |
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His son Anthony William Patrick Lyon-Clark
c.1919 |
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William Lyon-Clark on the River Thames
with his wife Nellie (right) and friend Winifred Clark (left - no
relation). |
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His sisters
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| He appeared to have (at least) five sisters:- |
- Katherine Elsie Clark, later Hon Mrs Petre and subsequently
Lady Hawtrey
- Margaret Elizabeth Clark, married Alan Summerly Cole,
son of Sir Henry Cole, the first director of the (V&A)
South Kensington Museum.
- Etheldreda Mary Clark (known as Audrey), later Lady Petre
- Hylda or Hilda Frances E Clark, married the exploere
Harry De Windt
- Augusta M Clark has now been cnfirmed as the previously
missing daughter.
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His brothers
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Although he had five brothers (and probably two more that died at
birth or at an early age),
no significant trace can be found of them after the 1881 census.
His brother Charles (b.1865) was best man at William's wedding to
Nellie (Helen) Holt in 1909 and Charles appears to have married as
his wife Mrs Charles Clark attended the funeral service of Lady Hawtrey
(his sister Katherine Elsie Clark) in 1930, although there is no record
he was there.
His brother Murray (b.1863) attended the funeral of Sir Charles Hawtrey
in 1923. |
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| Photographs of William Lyon Clark and information kindly supplied
by Sarah Montgomery |
