Howard Clinkscales

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Howard Samson Jonathan Clinkscales (1828 PD – 1920 PD) was a Grayson citizen, a member of the Protector's Council and Regent of Harrington Steading. He was considered a staunch conservative, his family having served three generations of Mayhews. Protector Benjamin IX thought of him as an old uncle.

Contents 1 Family 1.1 Wives 1.2 Children 2 Biography 2.1 Career 2.2 Death 3 References

[edit] Family

[edit] Wives

Clinkscales had three wives, Bethany, Rebecca and Constance.

[edit] Children

• Howard
• Jessica
• Marjorie
• John
• Angela
• Barbara
• Marian

[edit] Biography

In 1903 PD, the Protector did not think "old" Clinkscales would like the fact that the commander of the escort convoy was a woman. Clinkscales was the present Minister of Security and the commander of the Protectorate Security Detachment. He attended a meeting to discuss Captain Honor Harrington's request of cooperation. While not taking as much offense to the request as Jared Mayhew, he did point out that the Manticorans might not have thought like Graysons, but that they should have known how insulting their request would be taken.

Clinkscales was against the alliance with the Star Kingdom of Manticore. In the aftermath of the assassination attempt on the Protector, Captain Harrington immediately pinned Clinkscales as the primary suspect, but was let off when the Palace Security uniforms of the assassins turned out to be fakes.

Clinkscales determined that Jared Mayhew was at least the second person to be code-named Maccabeus after the evidence led to an inside job. After Mayhew confessed that he was Maccabeus, Clinkscales was devastated because he and Mayhew had been allies on the Council.

Clinkscales interrogated a Maccabeus resource pilot and discovered that Masada had built a base on Blackbird, a moon of Uriel, and that Jared Mayhew used Grayson resources to help build the base. He took the information to Grayson Command Central to the meeting between the Grayson Space Navy and the Royal Manticoran Navy. Here he met Captain Harrington for the first time, and congratulated her on her part on thwarting the assassination attempt. He jokingly offered Nimitz a position on Palace Security, but Harrington declined.

Harrington considered him to be an "old dinosaur", and was surprised to see his nod of approval at her injuries, as in his opinion, real officers were supposed to wear their battle scars. (HH2)

[edit] Career

Clinkscales served for many years as a member of Palace Security, eventually taking over as its commander.

After warming up to Harrington, Clinkscales was chosen for the post of Regent of Harrington Steading, which he served until his death. He was succeeded by his nephew, Austen Clinkscales.

[edit] Death

for details, see Death and state funeral of Howard Clinkscales.

Clinkscales died of old age in 1920 PD, and was buried in the Grayson Garden of Memory, although as per his will, a small portion of his remains were given to Steadholder Harrington to be interred in the Harrington Garden.^[1]

As a reward for his and his family's service to her, and since they had become like family to her, Harrington formally created the equivalent of a blood bond between the Harrington Clan and the Clinkscales Clan, subordinating the Clinkscales to her family, but binding the Harringtons personally to the defense and protection of the Clinkscales Clan. (HH11)

[edit] References