Public Service
Clark took little interest in party politics but was an opponent of protectionism and served on a royal commission on the coal trade (1866–1871).
He was an active citizen in Merthyr Tudful, his offices and duties including:
- Chair of:
- Board of Guardians;
- Board of Health;
- Burial board; and
- School board, working to extend the schools founded by the Guests;
- Supporting further places of worship, including the building of St. Mary's Welsh Church;
- Command, as lieutenant-colonel of the 2nd (Dowlais) corps, Glamorgan Rifle Volunteers;
- Magistrate;
- High Sheriff of Glamorgan (1868).
However, he opposed incorporation of Merthyr Tudful as he believed it would harm the Dowlais business interests.
Clark's combined medical and engineering knowledge led to a general interest in public health. He was retained by the General Board of Health and worked on analysing the sanitary condition of towns and villages countrywide.
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