Alan Clark

The Right Honourable Alan Clark
Clark appearing on Opinions in 1993
Minister of State for Defence Procurement
In office 25 July 1989 – 14 April 1992
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher John Major
Preceded by	The Lord Trefgarne
Succeeded by	Jonathan Aitken
Minister of State for Trade
In office 24 January 1986 – 24 July 1989
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Paul Channon
Succeeded by	The Lord Trefgarne
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment
In office 13 June 1983 – 24 January 1986
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Peter Morrison
Succeeded by	Ian Lang
Member of Parliament for Kensington and Chelsea
In office 1 May 1997 – 5 September 1999
Preceded by	Constituency Created
Succeeded by	Michael Portillo
Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton
In office 28 February 1974 – 16 March 1992
Preceded by	David Owen
Succeeded by	Gary Streeter
Personal details
Born	Alan Kenneth Mackenzie Clark 13 April 1928 London, England
Died	5 September 1999(1999-09-05) (aged 71) Saltwood, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	(Caroline) Jane Beuttler ​ ​ (m. 1958)​ [1]
Children	2
Parents	Kenneth Clark Elizabeth Martin
Relatives	Colin Clark (brother)
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

Alan Kenneth Mackenzie Clark (13 April 1928 – 5 September 1999) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), author and diarist. He served as a junior minister in Margaret Thatcher's governments at the Departments of Employment, Trade and Defence. He became a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1991.

He was the author of several books of military history, including his controversial work The Donkeys (1961), which inspired the musical satire Oh, What a Lovely War!

Clark became known for his flamboyance, wit, irreverence and keen support of animal rights. Norman Lamont called him "the most politically incorrect, outspoken, iconoclastic and reckless politician of our times".^[2] His three-volume Alan Clark Diaries contains a candid account of political life under Thatcher and a description of the weeks preceding his death, which he continued to write until he could no longer focus on the page.