Sir Alured Clarke | |
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| Acting Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William | |
| In office 1797–1798 | |
| Monarch | George III |
| Preceded by | Sir John Shore |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Mornington |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 November 1744 |
| Died | 16 September 1832 (aged 87) Llangollen, Wales |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch/service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1759–1802 |
| Rank | Field Marshal |
| Commands | Madras Army Commander-in-Chief of India |
| Battles/wars | American Revolutionary War Fourth Anglo-Mysore War |
Sir Alured Clarke GCB (24 November 1744 – 16 September 1832) was a British Army officer. He took charge of all British troops in Georgia in May 1780 and was then deployed to Philadelphia to supervise the evacuation of British prisoners of war at the closing stages of the American Revolutionary War. He went on to be Governor of Jamaica and then lieutenant-governor of Lower Canada in which role he had responsibility for implementing the Constitutional Act 1791. He was then sent to India where he became Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army, then briefly Governor-General of India and finally Commander-in-Chief of India during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War.