Sir William Clayton, 4th Baronet

For other people named William Clayton, see William Clayton (disambiguation).

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]

Sacred to the memory of Sir William Clayton, of Marden Park, Surrey, and Harleyford, in this county, Baronet, born April 16th 1762, died January 26th 1834 and of Dame Mary, his wife, sole daughter of Sir William East, of Hall Place, Berks, Baronet, deceased, born September 20th 1765, died August 9th 1833. In filial reverence by a grateful family.
Wall memorial in All Saints Church, Marlow

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]

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "C" (part 3)
  2. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference histparl-william-clayton-4bt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)