Clarke, James Stainer

Clarke, James Stainer, an English clergyman and writer, was domestic chaplain and librarian to George IV, vicar of Preston, rector of Coombs, canon of Windsor, and died in 1834. He published several works on maritime voyages and kindred subjects, also The Life of James II, from the original MSS. (1816, 2 vols. 4to). See Rose, Gen. Biog. Dict. s.v.; Allibone; Diet. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.