Lance Clark

Lancelot Pease Clark (30 April 1936 – 27 February 2018),[1] was an English shoemaker, businessman, and member of the Clark family, which is the majority owner of shoe retailer Clarks.[2]

Lancelot P. Clark
Born(1936-04-30)30 April 1936
Street, Somerset, United Kingdom
Died27 February 2018(2018-02-27) (aged 81)
NationalityBritish
OccupationBusinessman
Known forMajority owner of Clarks shoes

Career

Clark was born in Street, Somerset into the sixth generation of the Clarks shoemaking family.[2]

He was educated at Leighton Park School and New College, Oxford. While working in the family business, he was managing director of Clarks UK, prior to the business being placed under non-family management.[3] He is credited with the creation of the Wallabee shoe in 1965.[4][5] After retiring from Clarks, Clark went on to work with the Edward Green and Terra Plana shoe brands.

As of 2017, the Clark family still owned more than 80 per cent of the company, according to The Sunday Times.[2] Lancelot Clark's branch of the family collectively owned about 25 per cent.[6]

In 2008, Clark set up ethical footwear brand Soul of Africa, which raises money for South African orphans who have lost their parents to AIDS.[5]

Personal life

Based in Street, Somerset for much of his life, Clark was a painter. He had seven children in total, four in his first marriage: Galahad, Odette, Conrad and Tony, as well as three in his second: Yoyi, Yomei and Fiona.[3]

References
  1. "Lancelot Pease CLARK - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. "The Sunday Times Rich List 2017". nuk-rich-list-ui-2017-uk-prod.eu-west-1.elasticbeanstalk.com. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  3. "About Lance Clark and his love of art - Lancelot Clark". Lancelot Clark. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  4. "Miles Kurosky's Silver Lining: Clarks Wallabees – Magnet Magazine". magnetmagazine.com. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  5. Butler, Sarah (6 June 2008). "Quaker cobbler puts soul into sole". the Guardian. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  6. Editor, Deirdre Hipwell, Retail (22 February 2017). "Clarks takes first steps to store closures". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 15 February 2018. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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