# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-clarke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:59:30.054Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-clarke"
name: "Edward Clarke"
slug: "edward-clarke"
description: "Sir Edward George Clarke, KC was a British barrister and politician, considered one of the leading advocates of the late Victorian era and serving as Solicitor-General in the Conservative government of 1886–1892. His legal career included representing Oscar Wilde in his disastrous prosecution of the Marquess of Queensberry for libel, and representing the plaintiff in the \"baccarat case\", during which Sir Edward cross-examined the Prince of Wales. He was a member of the anti-women's suffrage movement."
tagline: "British politician (1841-1931)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir_Edward_Clarke.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1841-02-15"
deathDate: "1931-04-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.53
  momentum:             1.071428571428571
  historical:           4.143413333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Clarke_(barrister)"
    title: "Edward Clarke (barrister)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_George_Clarke"
    title: "Edward George Clarke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_George_Clarke"
    title: "Edward George Clarke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_George_Clarke"
    title: "Edward George Clarke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3719961"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump