Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-01-23 | Page 4 | Man who Declined to See King Dies

MAN WHO DECLINED TO SEE KING DIES LONDON, Jan, 5. Joseph Firth Clark, a prominent Quaker, who was known j throughout England as the "man who re-I re-I fused to meet the king," has died at his home in Doncaster. During the reign of , King Edward VII, while Clark was mayor of Doncaster. he received a telegram from the king's chamberlain, announcing announc-ing that the king was coming to Don-caster Don-caster to see the St. Leger race, and had expressed a wish that the mayor should , be presented to him immediately after '. the race. Clark wrote a dignified reply, explaining explain-ing that as a Quaker he did not approve of horse racing and had never attended a horse race. While he appreciated the honor bestowed upon him by the king, he added, he must decline to break his rule, even in this exceptional circumstance.