Dr Elliot Clark, born in 1999, is a Political and Social Historian with a PhD in History from the University of Plymouth.

In 2018, Clark began a BA History course at the University where he was awarded a First Class Degree. Producing a dissertation on the political role of Clementine Churchill, titled ‘The Shadowed Advisor: The Role of Clementine Churchill’, Clark received the support of the Jennie Churchill Fund allowing him to facilitate his research at the Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge.

In 2024, Clark successfully completed a History PhD at the University of Plymouth. Clark’s thesis, titled ‘Fatherhood in British Politics: A Study of Political Fathers and their Children in Twentieth Century Britain, 1900-1950’, explores how nine eminent British politicians approached fatherhood in the context of class and broader culture. Visiting archives across Britain, Clark explored the private papers of many eminent British politicians including but not limited to Winston Churchill, David Lloyd George, and Stanley Baldwin. To aid this research, Clark was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship with the National Churchill Leadership Centre at George Washington University.

Clark has previously presented public talks for the International Churchill Society, the Sir Martin Gilbert Learning Centre, and Plymouth City Council and also appeared on several podcasts discussing various research projects and the challenges young historians face entering the academic field.