Lawrence Clarke (hurdler)
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Sir Charles Lawrence Somerset Clarke, 7th Baronet, is a former professional 110 m hurdler who finished fourth in the London Olympic Games final. He served as captain of the Great Britain athletics tea
Clarke at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Abbott Lawrence
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Abbott Lawrence was an American businessman, politician, and philanthropist. He was among the group of industrialists who founded a settlement on the Merrimack River that would later be named for him,
Lawrence Clarke (hurdler)
…a United Kingdom MP. Clarke's maternal grandfather was the Conservative MP Somerset de Chair. He takes his name Lawrence from his American ancestor Abbott Lawrence. He is also a distant relative of the American Roosevelt family. Clarke was in fourth place in the 110 m hurdles at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games…
Portrait by Chester Harding, c. 1842