Family and Education
1st surv. s. of Laurence Clayton of Mallow by his 2nd w. Anne, da. and coh. of Sir Peter Courthorpe of Little Island, co. Cork. m. 6 Aug. 1745, Theodosia, da. of Edward Buckworth, 1da.
Offices Held
M.P. [I] 1727 – 60.
Ensign 2 Ft. Gds. 1725; cornet R. Horse Gds. 1727; lt. 1 Horse Gren. Gds. 1731, maj. 1751; lt.-col. 1756.
Equerry to Prince of Wales 1726 – 27, and to the King 1727 – 60; avener and clerk marshal 1732 – 34, 1757–60.
Pension of £500 p.a. during pleasure from January 1761.
Main residences: Shepherd's Bush, Mdx.; Mallow, co. Cork.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
CLAYTON, Courthorpe (d.1762)
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Oxford 1644
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