Edward John Bellenden Clarke

Though not an active member of the Church of England , SG did admire the Church and its role in British culture. By her late adulthood, however, she also developed an interest in certain tenets...

SG 's father, Edward John Bellenden Clarke , came from an East Anglian Quaker family. He himself followed a non-Quaker profession as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy , and was stationed in Ireland as...

After her father 's death, SG 's mother moved the family to live near Scarborough in Yorkshire, close to her own relatives. In Scarborough Sarah lived the aimless out-of-doors life of a girl.