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CLAVERING, HENRY MORDAUNT, second son of Maj. -Gen. Sir John Clavering KB, Commander-in-Chief, Bengal, and his first wife Lady Diana West, dau. of John West, 1st Earl De La Warr KB, General in the Army; b. 16 Dec 1766; adm. 20 Sep 1779 (Clapham); University Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Jun 1782; Grand Tour (Italy) 1789-90; Ensign, Capt. O’Connor’s Independent Co., 7 Feb 1794; Lieut., Capt. Wolfe’s Independent Co., 12 Feb 1794; Capt., 13 Feb 1794; Maj., 98th Foot, 30 Jul 1794; Lieut. -Col., Argyll Fencibles, 19 Aug 1795; Brevet Col., 29 Apr 1802; Brig. -Gen. (local rank in S. America) 22 Apr 1807; retd., 11 Nov 1824; some interesting extracts from his letters to his old schoolfellow John Benn (qv), relating to their school-days, are printed in Elizabethan xi, 175-6, 185-7; m. 1st, 5 Feb 1788 Lady Augusta Campbell, elder dau. of John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll (S), Field-Marshal in the Army; m. 2nd, ---; d. 18 May 1850.

CLAVERING, ROBERT SAVAGE, son of Robert Clavering (adm. 1737, qv); b. 21 Aug 1762; adm. 26 Feb 1777. [Perhaps Robert Clavering who was Ensign, 33rd Foot, 18 Mar 1782, Lieut. , half-pay, Waller’s Corps, 1783 - still in Army List as such 1810]

CLAVERING, ROBERT, son of Right Rev. Robert Clavering DD, Bishop of Peterborough, and Mary, dau. of John Croke, Fawley Court, Bucks., Spanish merchant; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1737; left 1742; Ch. Ch. Oxford, matr. 20 Dec 1742, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1742 - void by marriage 18 Jul 1748; m. 1st, Judith ---; 2nd, 5 Jan 1759 Jane, dau. of William Byrche (qv); d. 9 Aug 1777.

CLAXTON, HAMMOND; b.; at school under Osbaldeston; Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. pens. 8 Jun 1637, aged 17, described as of London, Slade scholar 19 Mar 1637/8. [Presumably Hammond Claxton, second son of John Claxton, Great Livermere, Suffolk, adm. Gray’s Inn 5 Aug 1640; but note that IGI records a Hammond Claxton, son of Edward Claxton, and Judith ---, bapt. All Hallows, Honey Lane, 9 Jul 1618].

CLAXTON, HAMMOND, son of Hamon Claxton, Booton, Norfolk, and Gray’s Inn, London; b.; at school under Osbaldeston 2 years (Venn, Biog. Hist. Gonville & Caius Coll., i, 326); subsequently went to Harrow Sch., where he remained for 7 years under Mr Hide; Gonville and Caius Coll. Camb., adm. scholar 6 Jun 1637, aged 17; adm. Gray’s Inn 12 Aug 1631; probably a prisoner in the Fleet Prison 1654; m. 29 Dec 1649 Paulina, sister of Thomas Pepys (qv).

CLAY, GEORGE BERTIE, brother of William Waldegrave Pelham Clay (qv); b.; adm. 30 Sep 1814; left 13 Dec 1817; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 16 Dec 1818, matr. Mich. 1819; BA 1823. [But IGI records George Bertie Clay, son of Edward Sneyd Clay (who was Rear-Adm., Royal Navy) and Elizabeth Mary Knight, bapt. Southwell, Notts., 14 Jun 1800]

CLAY, STANLEY, second son of Maj. -Gen. Charles Henry Clay, Commandant, Deoli Irregular Force; b. India 8 Jul 1868; adm. (H) 9 Apr 1883; left 1887; RMC Sandhurst Jul 1887; 2nd Lieut. , Yorks Light Infantry, 22 Aug 1888; Lieut. , Indian Staff Corps, 5 Jan 1890; Capt. , 22 Aug 1899; Double Company Commander, 7th Gurkhas, 1 Jul 1900; served in Manipore expedition 1891, Lushai expedition 1896, and in Waziristan 1901-2; m. 12 Mar 1901 May Isabel, youngest dau. of Maj. -Gen. Alfred Thomas Etheridge CSI, Bombay Army (previously EICS Bombay); killed in earthquake at Dharmsala, India, 4 Apr 1905.