Career
He worked under the Colonial Secretary and was responsible for public infrastructure, town planning and land auction. Charles Cleverly was born in Kilworth, County Cork, Ireland, but it is believed that his family were not native Irish. According to his will, his address was Collingham Place, South Kensington, Middlesex in England.
Charles was the grandson of William Cleverly who owned a shipyard beside the River Thames in London.
He built many large ships for the British East India Company. Charles had a brother named Osmund Cleverly who worked in Hong Kong.
One of Charles"s sons was Osmund Somers Cleverly, the Principal Private Secretary of Prime Ministers Stanley Baldwin, and Neville Chamberlain. Another was Peter Cleverly, an architect.
He died in Hanley Castle, Upton-upon-Severn, Worcester in England.
Cleverly Street in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, is named after him.
