CLAY, Sir William, 1 Baronet (son of George Clay of London, merchant 1757–1836). b. London 15 Aug. 1791; merchant and shipowner with his father; M.P. for Tower Hamlets 12 Dec. 1832 to 20 March 1857; author of the Small tenements rating act 1850; one of foremost holders of advanced radical views; secretary to Board of Control 30 Sep. 1839 to 8 Sep. 1841; created baronet 20 Sep. 1841; chairman of Grand Junction and Southwark and Vauxhall water companies; author of Speech on moving for a committee to inquire into the act permitting the establishment of joint-stock banks, 2 ed. 1837; Remarks on the water supply of London, 2 ed. 1849 and 3 other pamphlets. d. Cadogan place, London 13 March 1869.
CLAY, William. b. Liverpool 15 May 1823; manager of ironworks near Glasgow; invented a method of rolling taper bars 1848; manager of Mersey Forge, Liverpool; designed and forged the “Monstre” gun which weighed 22 tons and threw a projectile of 300 lbs. to a distance of 5 miles, it was mounted at Tilbury Fort; partner in Mersey Forge to 1864 when the works were transferred to a company; the first maker of puddled steel on a large scale; established with C. A. Inman and captain McNeile the Birkenhead Forge 1864; M.I.M.E. 1859; formed in 1861 Eighth Lancashire artillery volunteer corps, lieut.-col. commandant 9 May 1861, hon. col. 1 May 1880 to death. d. Liverpool 28 Feb. 1881. Proc. of Instit. of M.E. (1882) 3–5.
CLAY, Sir William Dickason, 2 Baronet. b. London 21 Dec. 1828; succeeded 13 March 1869. d. 9 Lowndes sq. London 14 Oct. 1876.
CLAY, Rev. William Keatinge. b. 1797; C. of Greenwich 1823; C. of Paddington 1830; C. of Blunham, Beds. 1834; B.D. Cam. (Jesus coll.) 1835; minor canon of Ely 1838–54; P.C. of Holy Trinity, Ely 1842–54; V. of Waterbeach, Cambs. 1854 to death; author of Explanatory notes on the Prayer book version of the Psalms 1839; The book of Common Prayer illustrated 1841; An historical sketch of the Prayer Book 1849; History of the Parish of Waterbeach 1859, Landbeach 1861, and Horningsey 1865, these 3 histories printed separately by the Cambridge Antiquarian Soc. were collected into one vol. 1865. d. Waterbeach 26 April 1867. A history of the parish of Milton by the late W. K. Clay (1869) v-vi.
CLAYTON, Rev. Charles. b. Cambridge 13 July 1813; ed. at Caius coll. Cam., 21 wrangler 1836, B.A. 1836, M.A. 1839; C. of St. John’s, Chatham 1837–45; fellow and tutor of his college to 1855; London sec. to Church Pastoral aid soc. 1845–8; V. of Holy Trinity, Cam. 1851–65; hon. canon of Ripon cath. 1864 to death; R. of Stanhope, Durham 1865 to death; rural dean of Stanhope 1880 to death; author of Sermons preached at Cambridge 1859, Second series 1865; Letters from abroad 1878. d. Stanhope rectory 21 Oct. 1883. Church of England photographic portrait gallery (1859) part 57, portrait.
CLAYTON, Rev. George (2 son of Rev. John Clayton 1754–1843, pastor of King’s Weigh House chapel, London). b. London 9 April 1783; ed. at Reading and Hoxton college; Independent minister at Southampton 1802, at Walworth, Surrey 1804 to death; ordained 6 June 1804; the Clayton jubilee memorial schools were opened 27 June 1855. d. Gaines 14 July 1862. T. W. Aveling’s Memorials of the Clayton family (1867), portrait.
CLAYTON, John. b. Hereford; architect at Hereford, where many public buildings were erected from his designs; practised in London about 1839 to death; A.R.I.B.A. 13 June 1842, F.R.I.B.A. 2 Nov. 1857; exhibited architectural designs at the R.A. 1844–7, 1853 and 1856; author of A collection of the ancient timber edifices of England 1846; The parochial churches of Sir Christopher Wren erected in the cities of London and Westminster 1848. d. Teignmouth, Devon 14 Sep. 1861 aged 41.
CLAYTON, Rev. John (brother of Rev. George Clayton 1783–1862). b. London 13 May 1780; ordained congregational minister at Kensington 21 Oct. 1801; pastor of the congregation in Camomile st. London 4 April 1805 which migrated to the Poultry 1819, where he was pastor 17 Nov. 1819 to 1847; frequently called on to undertake services in all parts of the country at openings of chapels and other special occasions; joint sec. of London Missionary Soc. 1830–2; author of The choice of books 1811. d. Bath 3 Oct. 1865. bur. Abney park cemetery, London. T. W. Aveling’s Memorials of the Clayton family (1867), portrait.
CLAYTON, Rice Richard. b. 15 Nov. 1798; sheriff of Bucks 1838; M.P. for Aylesbury 28 June 1841 to 23 July 1847. d. Hedgerley park near Slough 4 May 1879.
CLAYTON, Sir William Robert, 5 Baronet (eld. child of Sir Wm. Clayton 4 baronet 1762–1834). b. Harleyford, Bucks. 28 Aug. 1786; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam.; cornet Royal horse guards 28 Sep. 1804, captain 27 April 1809 to 25 Feb. 1816 when placed on h.p.; served in the Peninsula, Netherlands and at Waterloo; M.P. for Great Marlow 1831–42; succeeded 26 Jany. 1834; sheriff of Bucks. 1846; general 12 Jany. 1865. d. Southsea 19 Sep. 1866. bur. Marlow parish church 27 Sep.