b'Brian Clarke was born on the 8th July 1926 inGuildford Sunset Homes providing accommodation Eastgate Gardens, Guildford, the son of Sidneyfor the elderly in Merrow, governorship of The Royal and Margery Clarke and brother of Audrey. HeGrammar School and Chairman of the Governors ofwas educated at Lanesborough and The Royalthe Abbots Hospital. Grammar School, both of which were to feature much in his professional life.At all times, Brian maintained high ethical standards of business until his retirement in 1998, which earned him Following demobilisation, Brian studied at the Collegean enviable reputation with friends and colleagues alike. of Estate Management, qualifying as a CharteredHis unerring devotion to the family firm, his loyalty, Surveyor, before joining his fathers firm and becomingkindness and hardworking professional attitude saw him a partner in 1949, a position held until his retirementregarded as one of the pillars of the local community.in 1998. Brian was responsible for building up the firms chattels auction rooms which were located at the rear of the National Westminster Bank in Upper North Street, and he was justly proud that his son, Stephen, originally Brian Clarkea man of Guildford, where he waswith Christies, joined the auction team as a freelance born and bred and spent all his working life consultant in recent years.Brian enjoyed an enviable reputation in Guildfords business society, having been Chairman of the West Surrey Association of Auctioneers and Estate Agents in 1961, a member of the Fine Arts Committee at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in London, as well as serving the Guildford Conservative Association, Clarke Gammon & Emerys government surplus heavy plant equipment and store catalogue'