Alfred Clarke

From the list of elephant persons Family: Clarke

☨ Alfred Clarke
Profession	circus director, and equestrian
Personal details
Born	?

Dead

Residence
Country	United Kingdom

Locations
Title	owner 1868-
Location	at Fossett Brothers Circus (Powell & Clarke) in Ireland

Title	owner 1867-1868
Location	at Powell, Foottit & Clarke’s Great Allied Circus in United Kingdom

Biography details

Alfred Clarke , circus director, and equestrian in United Kingdom

Clarke was born * ? .

1867: he partnered with the clown George Foottit Sr. and equestrian Anthony Powell to launch the Powell, Foottit & Clarke’s Great Allied Circus.
1868: Unfortunately, Georg Foottit Sr. had an inordinate love for the bottle, and his chronic drunkenness led Powell and Clarke to end abruptly their partnership with him in the middle of the 1868 season. Foottit got back the equipment and horses he had invested in the venture, and continued alone with his Foottit’s Allied Circus, while Powell and Clarke carried on their fruitful association in Ireland.

Alfred Clarke is mentioned on 3 other person pagesAnthony Powell, Eileen Wirth, George Foottit,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director, and equestrian Alfred Clarke in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3051. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://www.circopedia.org/Foottit_et_Chocolat

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