Duncan Clark (1759-1808) was a Loyalist who became an influential figure in Halifax, Nova Scotia.Canadian Biography Duncan Clarke, first and one of the longest serving head of Royal Naval Hospital Halifax (1795-1803). He served in the 82nd Regiment of Foot and arrived in Halifax in 1778. Surgeons, Smallpox and the Poor: A History of Medicine and Social Conditions ... By Allan E. Marble, p. 311 He was a member of the North British Society, eventually becoming president. He was a frequent patron of the Great Pontack (Halifax).Annals. North British Society. p. 43 Clark also was the head of a Masonic Lodge for Saint John, New Brunswick and later in Nova Scotia. He was also a friend of John Halliburton (surgeon) of the doctor for Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn.
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