page_title: Archibald Clark (politician)
section_title: Private life and death
hierarchical_section_title: Archibald Clark (politician) / Private life and death
caption_attribution_description: St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Auckland, between 1900-1930 Reference Number: 1/2-000536-G Photographer: William Archer Price Dry plate glass negative Price Collection, Photographic Archive, Alexander Turnbull Library &lt;a href="http://mp.natlib.govt.nz/detail/?id=25176" rel="nofollow"&gt;Find out more about this image on our Manuscripts + Pictorial website&lt;/a&gt;
context_page_description: Archibald Clark was a Scottish 19th-century Member of Parliament in the Auckland Region, New Zealand. He was the first Mayor of Auckland in 1851. His company, Archibald Clark and Sons, manufactured clothing and was a wholesaler.
context_section_description: Clark read widely, an interest that he obtained during his time at university. He was well liked by his friends, and was regarded by all for his integrity and conduct. He was active in St Andrew's Church and was one of the leading members of the congregation. The church is the oldest surviving church building in Auckland as of 2015, and registered with Heritage New Zealand as a Category I heritage building.
  Clark died on 17 October 1875 at his residence in Remuera. For almost two years, he had not participated in public life due to failing health.
  He was buried three days later at Symonds Street Cemetery.
  His daughter-in-law, Kate Emma McCosh Clark (wife of James McCosh Clark), wrote the first New Zealand children's story A southern cross fairy tale, which she partly illustrated, published in London in 1891.
caption: St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Auckland
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