Sir William Clayton, 4th Baronet (16 April 1762 – 26 January 1834) of Harleyford Manor, near Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire[1] was an English politician.

Harleyford Manor

Clayton was the oldest surviving son of William Clayton (c. 1718 – 1783), of Harleyford Manor, who was the grand-nephew of Sir Robert Clayton, a wealthy banker and former Lord Mayor of London.[2]

He was educated at Queen's College, Oxford.[2]

In 1783, he was elected unopposed was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the rotten borough of Great Marlow, succeeding his father.[2] He held the seat until he stood down at the general election in 1790.[3]

In 1799 he inherited the baronetcy of his first cousin Sir Robert Clayton and Marden Park, which was rented among people to Joseph Buonaparte. He died aged 71 on 26 January 1834, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, William Robert,[2] who became an MP for Great Marlow from 1832 to 1842.[3]

Family

In 1785, he married Mary East, the daughter of Sir William East, 1st Baronet, a former High Sheriff of Berkshire. They had 5 sons and 2 daughters:[2]

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "C" (part 3)
  2. ^ a b c d e Brooke, John (1964). L. Namier; J. Brooke (eds.). "CLAYTON, William (1762-1834), of Harleyford, nr. Great Marlow, Bucks". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  3. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
Parliament of Great Britain Preceded bySir John Borlase Warren, BtWilliam Clayton Member of Parliament for Great Marlow 1783–1790 With: Sir John Borlase Warren, Bt to 1784Sir Thomas Rich, Bt 1784–1790 Succeeded byWilliam Lee-AntonieThomas Williams Baronetage of Great Britain Preceded byRobert Clayton Baronet(of Marden Park) 1799–1834 Succeeded byWilliam Robert Clayton


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