Lovell Clarke
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Herbert Lovell Clarke (15 August 1881 - 4 April 1962) was Archdeacon of Leeds[1] from 1940 until 1950.
Clarke was born into an eminent ecclesiastical family: his father was the first Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne.[2] He was educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford and St John's College, Cambridge.[3] He was Assistant Missioner at Lady Margaret Church, Walworth then a Curate at Wimbledon. He was Vicar of All Saints' Church, Nottingham[4] from 1913 until 1923,[5] during which time he also served with the Sherwood Foresters.[6] Later he was Vicar of Armley from 1923 to 1933; Rector of Barwick-in-Elmet from 1933 to 1942;[7] Rural Dean of Whitkirk from 1938 to 1943;[8] and Vicar of Horsforth from 1944 to 1951.[9]