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.
Clark represented Unst South between 1936 and 1938.
Biography
William was educated in Unst before joining Alexander Sandison & Sons at Baltasound. He left for Edinburgh aged 24 to work in insurancem, first as a correspondence clerk and latterly as Managing Director of the Scottish National Key Registry and Assurance Association Ltd.
He had a keen interest in writing, and his first public venture into journalism was a report of a lively election meeting in Unst in 1886, in Boys' Own Paper. After retiring in Edinburgh in 1934, he returned to Unst.
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
Political Career
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 |
