Edward Walter Clark | |
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| Born | May 17, 1857 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | April 4, 1946 (aged 88) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Employer | E. W. Clark & Co. |
| Spouse | Lydia Jane Clark |
| Children | Edward Walter Clark III |
| Parent(s) | Edward White Clark Mary Todhunter Sill |
| Relatives | Enoch White Clark, grandfather Edward Walter Clark II, brother Clarence Munroe Clark, brother Joseph Sill Clark Sr., brother Percy Hamilton Clark, brother |
Edward Walter Clark (May 17, 1857 – April 4, 1946) was a Philadelphia businessman and banker who was also noted as a first-class cricketer, yachtsman, and a breeder of cocker spaniels.
A third-generation member of the Clark banking family, Clark was a senior partner in the E. W. Clark & Co. investment house, a vice president of the First National Bank of Philadelphia, and a manager of Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company.[1] In his leisure time, he was a prominent cricket player in Philadelphia-area clubs,[2] served as commodore of the Philadelphia Corinthian Yacht Club,[1][3] and was a part-owner of the Irolita Kennels.
obit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).ca was invoked but never defined (see the help page).Her surviving owner, Commodore E. W. Clark of the Philadelphia Corinthian Yacht Club, has disposed of her as junk, and she will be broken up mainly for the seventy tons of lead in her keel and the steel ribs in her frame.