Background
He was born in Edinburgh on 5 September 1823, the son of Margaret Lothian and John Clark, Convenor of Trades and City Baillie in Edinburgh.
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Thomas Clark
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Thomas attended the Royal High School.
Career
The company specialised in law books In 1877 he became a Town Councillor, rising to Bailie in 1883. As many before him, prior to serving as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1885 to 1888, he served as Master of the Merchant Company of Edinburgh 1883-1884.
At the height of his success in 1884 he is listed as living at 11 Melville Crescent in Edinburgh’s fashionable West End.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in March 1886. His proposers included Sir Arthur Mitchell, Alexander Crum Brown, Alexander Kinnear, Lord Kinnear.
Clark was created a baronet later in the same year. The baronetcy is entitled Baronet of Melville Crescent.
He died in Edinburgh on 24 December 1900.
They had five children. The eldest son, John Maurice Clark (1859-1924), inherited the baronetcy. Clark"s grandson was also Sir Thomas Clark (1886-1977) and was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
He was the 3rd Baronet of Melville Crescent.
He was painted by Sir John Lavery in 1889 to mark the visit of Queen Victoria.
