The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Talbot, Clere
Clere Talbot was an assistant junior clerk in the Colonial and War Office from 5 July
1826 to 25 August 1828, when he was promoted junior clerk. He was private secretary
to the parliamentary under-secretary from 25 August 1828 to 17 November 1834 and from
26 January 1835 to 1 July 1843. On 1 July 1843 he became assistant clerk, remaining
at that post until 1 April 1854, when the department divided into the Colonial Office
and the War Office. Talbot accepted the appointment of senior clerk in the War Office
on 5 December 1854.1
1. List of Appointments: Clere Talbot, Office Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 6, Colonial Office Officials, 1794-1870, (London: J. C. Sainty, 1976).