Paul Clarkin was a New Zealander and a polo player, known internationally as 'Mr Polo'.
He first started playing polo in his early twenties.
He was killed playing polo in Cirencester, England after falling during a game in which he was reputedly "playing a blinder".
He was married to Chele Clarkin and had a daughter Emma and two sons Jean-Paul and Matthew:-
John-Paul Clarkin, a successful polo player who took over the running of Mystery Creek Polo Club in New Zealand after the death of his father and is married to Nina (née Vestey) of an equally prestigious polo playing family based in Gloucestershire, England.
Matthew Clarkin playing TOP 14 rugby in 2011 as captain of Union Bordeaux Bègles in France.
Emma Clarkin, who was studying law at the time of her death in a car accident at the age of 19.