Sir William Clayton, 4th Baronet

Biographical Summary

Sir William Clayton, Baronet [1732], of Harden, Marlow and Harleyford aforesaid, as also of Alty Cadris, co. Carmarthen, cousin and h. male, being s. and h. of William Clayton, of the Inner Temple, London, by the 2d of his three wives, Caroline Mary, da. and coheir of Rice Lloyd, of Alty Cadris aforesaid, which William (who d. July 1783) was 2d s. of the 1st Baronet. He was b. 16 April 1762, in Stanhope street, Mayfair; matric. at Oxford (Queen's Coll., 30 March 1780, aged 17; was cr. M.A., 23 June 1784; suc. to the Baronetcy, 10 May 1799 ; was Sheriff of Bucks, Jan. to Feb. 1810, and Jan. to Feb. 1812 (presumably not serving), and again 1814-15. He m. 16 July 1785 Mary, sister (of the half blood) and h. of Sir Gilbert East, 2d Baronet [1766], of Hall Place, Berks, da. of Sir William Bast, 1st Baronet [1766], by his 2d wife ( — ), da. of ( — ) Jackson. She d. 9 Aug. 1833, at Boulogne-sur-Mer, aged 68. He d. there 26 Jan. 1834, aged 71, and was bur. at Great Marlow. Will pr. March 1834.

SOURCE: Complete baronetage; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1906; Vol. V; page 72