William Clark (ii)
For other people with the same name, see William Clark.
William Fordyce Clark (b. 21 May 1865, Uyeasound, Unst, d. 6 August 1948, Hillsgarth) was a Shetland author and County Councillor. His was the son of Andrew Clark, (b. 13.12.1819, Uyeasound) and Mary Fordyce (b. 22.7.1822, Uyeasound).
He married Elizabeth Grace Bruce, (b. 1871, Baltasound) on the 6th of July 1893 in Liverpool. They had two children, both born in Edinburgh where the couple lived, Herbert Erland Fordyce Clark (b. 24 September 1896) and Hilda Mary Fordyce Clark (b. 28 August 1900).
Clark was Secretary to the Scottish National Key Registry and Assurance Association Ltd., Edinburgh, but retired to Unst where he died on the 6th of August, 1948 at Hillsgarth.
Clark represented Unst South between 1936 and 1938.
Political Career
Publications
- Northern Gleams: tales of the Shetland Isles, T and J Manson, 1898
- Story of Shetland, Edinburgh & London, 1906
- Shetland Nights: tales from the Land of the Simmer Dim, Edinburgh & London, 1912
- The Shetland Sketchbook: folk-lore, legend, humour, incident, Edinburgh & London, 1930
- Ventures in Verse, illustrated by Fred Irvine was published posthumously in 1951
- The Temptation: a Shetland story
External Link
Among a number of others, Shetland Museum has a photo of Fordyce Clark in Baltasound & another with his son Bertie Clark at Underhoull, Westing, Unst
| Zetland County Council | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Basil Neven-Spence |
Member for Unst South 1936-1938 |
Succeeded by Andrew Irvine |
| Unst South County Councillors | ||
|---|---|---|
| Councillors | Alexander Sandison (1890-1898) • Thomas Sandison (1898-1901) • John Sandison (1902-1907) • Thomas Sandison (1907-1910) • John Sandison (1910-1929) • Basil Neven-Spence (1929-1935) • William Clark (1936-1938) • Andrew Irvine (1938-1942) • Henry Hunter (1942-1949) • James Matches (1949-1961) • Peter Hunter (1961-1970) • Alan Fraser (1970-1975) | |
