CLAGGET, ---; b.; in school lists 1732/3 and Aug 1733.
CLAGGET, WISEMAN, son of Wiseman Clagget, Barnard’s Inn, London, solicitor, and Martha Clifton, Houghton, Yorks.; bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 20 Sep 1721 (IGI); adm. (aged 11) Jul 1732; left 1735; attorney, King’s Bench; emigrated to Antigua, West Indies, where he became a notary public and Secretary of the island; settled in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, North America 1758; practised as an attorney in Portsmouth; King’s Attorney, New Hampshire 1765-9; in England 1769-71; resident at Litchfield, New Hampshire, from 1771; represented Litchfield and Nottingham West on General Court, New Hampshire; became an opponent of colonial rule; active member, provincial congresses, and one of drafters of original constitution for state of New Hampshire; member, Council and Committee for Public Safety, New Hampshire; Justice, Superior Court, New Hampshire 1779-81; Solicitor-General, New Hampshire 1781-4, when post abolished; m. 1759 Lettice, dau. of --- Mitchell, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, medical practitioner; d. at Litchfield, New Hampshire, USA 4 Dec 1784.
CLAPCOTT, HENRY, son of George Bunter Clapcott, Tarrant Keyneston, Dorset, and Eliza, dau. of Rev. James Dowland DD, Whitchurch, Dorset; b. 28 Nov 1830; adm. 12 Jan 1844 (Scott's); QS 1845; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1849, adm. pens. 19 May 1849, scholar 1850, matr. Mich. 1849; BA 1853; emigrated to Dunedin, New Zealand, where he took up sheep farming; JP New Zealand; m. 8 Dec 1858 Mary Jane, second dau. of Maj. --- Power, 60th Foot.
CLAPHAM, ---; b.; adm. 26 May 1662; a boarder; left 1663 (Busby’s Account Book).
CLAPHAM, CHARLES HERBERT, son of Edward Clapham MD MRCS, Wimbledon, Surrey, previously of Devizes, Wilts. , and Catherine, dau. of Edward Thurlow Leeds, Eyebury, Peterborough, Northants. ; b. 1 Feb 1869; adm. (H) 26 Jan 1883; left Dec 1885; an invalid (but described as “laundry proprietor” when living Wimbledon, Surrey, in 1901); m. 27 Jul 1907 Mary Ross, dau. of Chester Waring Finch, Moor House, Staines, Middlesex; d. 13 Jan 1921.
Clapham, Douglas, son of Edward Clapham, M. D., M.R.C.S., of Wimbledon, by Emily Catherine, daughter of Edward Thurlow Leeds, of Eyebury, Peterborough; b. Jan. 19, 1876; adm. Jan. 17, 1889 (H); exhibitioner 1889; Q.S. Jan. 16, 1890; left Jan. 1893; R.M.A. Wool wich Aug. 1893; 2nd Lieut. R. A. Nov. 2, 1895; Lieut. Nov. 2, 1898; Capt. April 1, 1901; employed in the Experimental School of Gunnery; Capt.-Instructor April 1, 1913; Major Oct. 30, 1914; acting Lieut.-Col. March 11, 1918 - April 9, 1919; Lieut.-Col. May 1, 1921; served in the S. African War 1899-1900, in China 1900, and in Great War I; mentioned in despatches L. G. Dec. 23, 1918, and July 7, 1919; O.B.E. June 13, 1918; D.S.O. June 3, 1919; m. Jan. 2, 1906, Frances Colledge, younger daughter of Eldred Halton, of Wimbledon; d. April 29, 1960.