William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon

William Clayton later Baron Sundon after Godfrey Kneller

William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon (9 November 1671 – 29 April 1752) was a British politician.

He was the son of William Clayton of Newmarket, Suffolk and Ann, the daughter of John Haske of Newmarket. He entered the Exchequer as clerk of receipts in 1688 and was deputy auditor of receipts by 1714. Between 1715 and 1718 he was paymaster of the King’s private pensions. Clayton was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Woodstock from 1716–1722, St Albans from 1722–1727, Westminster from 1727–1741, Plympton Erle from 1742–1747 and St Mawes from 1747–1752.^[1]

Clayton was raised to the Peerage of Ireland on 2 June 1735 as Baron Sundon, of Ardagh in the County of Longford.^[2] He married Charlotte, the daughter of John Dyve, clerk of the Privy Council.^[3] They had no children and the peerage became extinct upon his death.

Sources

↑ Sedgwick, Romney (1970). "Clayton, William (1671-1752)". In Sedgwick, Romney. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. London: HMSO. ISBN 9780118800983.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 7403. p. 1. 17 May 1735.
↑ Philip Carter, ‘Clayton , Charlotte, Lady Sundon (c.1679–1742)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 6 April 2015

Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages – Peerages beginning with "S" (part 6)

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by William Cadogan Sir Thomas Wheate, Bt	Member of Parliament for Woodstock 1716 – 1722 With: Sir Thomas Wheate, Bt to 1721 Charles Crisp 1721–22	Succeeded by Sir Thomas Wheate, Bt Samuel Trotman
Preceded by William Grimston Joshua Lomax	Member of Parliament for St Albans 1722 – 1727 With: William Gore	Succeeded by The Viscount Grimston Caleb Lomax
Preceded by George Carpenter Charles Montagu	Member of Parliament for Westminster 1727 – 1741 With: Lord Charles Cavendish 1727–34 Sir Charles Wager 1734–41	Succeeded by Viscount Perceval Charles Edwin
Preceded by Richard Edgcumbe Thomas Clutterbuck	Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle May 1742 – July 1747 With: Thomas Clutterbuck to December 1742 Richard Edgcumbe (2) from December 1742	Succeeded by Hon. George Edgcumbe Richard Edgcumbe (2)
Preceded by Robert Nugent James Douglas	Member of Parliament for St Mawes 1747–1753 With: Robert Nugent	Succeeded by Robert Nugent Sir Thomas Clavering, Bt
Peerage of Ireland
New creation	Baron Sundon 1735–1752	Succeeded by Extinct

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