Constituency Dates
St Mawes 13 Jan. 1753 – 1754
Shaftesbury 1754 – Nov. 1760
Durham County 1768 – 1790
Family and Education
bap. 19 June 1719, 1st surv. s. of Sir James Clavering, 6th Bt., of Axwell by his 1st w. Catherine, da. of Thomas Yorke of Richmond, Yorks. educ. C.C.C. Oxf. 1737. m. May 1746, Martha, da. of Joshua Douglas of Newcastle, s.p. suc. fa. 1748.
Address
Main residence: Axwell, co. Dur.
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Clavering was of an old Durham family, settled at Axwell since the early 17th century. He was returned for St. Mawes as a Whig at a by-election in 1753. He died 14 Oct. 1794.

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