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Cllr. G D Clarkson CBE

Political Group:	Conservatives

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Biography

Born Gerald Dawson Clarkson in 1939, and educated at Westminster Technical College, followed by an electrical engineering apprenticeship. Cllr. Clarkson joined the Royal Engineers for his National Service, after which he enrolled into the London Fire Brigade as a professional Firefighter.  During his career, spanning 30 years, he was promoted through the ranks to become The Chief Fire Officer for London and appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the London Fire & Civil Defence Authority. This meant effectively managing an organisation of over 7,000 uniformed & non-uniformed staff and a budget of over £200 million at 1991 prices.

Cllr. Clarkson has commanded many major operational incidents and lectured worldwide.  In addition to the Fire Brigades Long Service Medal in 1991, he was awarded the Queen’s Fire Service Medal for distinguished service in the1983 Birthday Honours and was further honoured by Her Majesty in her 1990 Birthdays Honours with the CBE (Commander of the British Empire).  He holds a BA (Hons) degree in economics & industrial relations and is a Freeman of the City of London.

He has lived in the Charing area since retiring some 16 years ago. He has served for 8 years as a Member of the Kent Police Authority and has been the Chairman of the Charing & Charing Heath Branch of the Conservative Party since 1993.   Happily married for the last 48 years to Rose, he has two grown up children Nicholas and Penelope, both of whom are married with four children each. Both families live fairly near and he therefore sees his eight grand children very frequently.

This webpage was updated on 5/21/2012

 

 

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