Clarence Blakiston (23 April 1864 â€" 21 March 1943) was a British
film and stage actor, comedian and singer who during his career across
five decades played the title role in the Sherlock Holmes parody
Sheerluck Jones, or Why D’Gillette Him Off at Terry's Theatre
(1901â€"02) which ran for 138 performances and who appeared in the
original production of The Admirable Crichton at the Duke of York's
Theatre in 1902.He was born at Giggleswick in North Yorkshire in
England, one of five children of Marie Jane née Simon (1825â€"1908)
and John Richard Blakiston (1829â€"1917), HM Chief Inspector of
Schools and Headmaster of Giggleswick School (1858â€"1866). In 1880
aged 16 Clarence Blakiston joined the Merchant Navy as an apprentice
at Cardiff while in 1884 he was awarded a Certificate of Competency to
serve as Second Mate. In 1888 he married Glasgow-born Clementina
Lindsay née Low (1864â€"1936) and they had a daughter, Marie
Blakiston (1889â€"1890).After leaving the Merchant Navy Blakiston
determined to try his hand at the theatre. His brief biography in The
Play Pictorial review of The Blue Moon in 1905 recorded that:
film and stage actor, comedian and singer who during his career across
five decades played the title role in the Sherlock Holmes parody
Sheerluck Jones, or Why D’Gillette Him Off at Terry's Theatre
(1901â€"02) which ran for 138 performances and who appeared in the
original production of The Admirable Crichton at the Duke of York's
Theatre in 1902.He was born at Giggleswick in North Yorkshire in
England, one of five children of Marie Jane née Simon (1825â€"1908)
and John Richard Blakiston (1829â€"1917), HM Chief Inspector of
Schools and Headmaster of Giggleswick School (1858â€"1866). In 1880
aged 16 Clarence Blakiston joined the Merchant Navy as an apprentice
at Cardiff while in 1884 he was awarded a Certificate of Competency to
serve as Second Mate. In 1888 he married Glasgow-born Clementina
Lindsay née Low (1864â€"1936) and they had a daughter, Marie
Blakiston (1889â€"1890).After leaving the Merchant Navy Blakiston
determined to try his hand at the theatre. His brief biography in The
Play Pictorial review of The Blue Moon in 1905 recorded that:
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