Background
CLERK, George Russell was born in 1874. Of General Sir Godfrey Clerk, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Companion of the Bath (d.
CLERK, George Russell was born in 1874. Of General Sir Godfrey Clerk, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Companion of the Bath (d.
Eton; New College, Oxford. Clerk in Foreign Office, 1899. Acting 3rd Secretary in Diplomatic Service, and Secretary to Special Mission to courts of Copenhagen, Stockholm, St. Petersburg, Berlin, and Dresden, to announce accession of King Edward, 1901.
Assistant in His (or Her) Majesty Agency, Adis Ababa, 1903. Acting Agent and ConsulGeneral, 1903-1904. Charge d’Affaires at His (or Her) Majesty Legation in Abyssinia, 1906-1907.
Assistant Clerk in Foreign Office, 1907.
Clubs: St. James’s, Marlborough, Travellers’, Beefsteak.
Spouse 1908, Muriel,daughter of R. Whit well.