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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.

Clay, William Henry Christy, son of William Henry Clay, of London, barrister-at-law, by Charlotte Mary, second daughter of James Christy, of Boynton Hall, Roxwell, Essex; b. June 23, 1879; adm. Q.S. Sept. 28, 1893; left July 1897; A.M.I.C.E. Feb. 7, 1905; F. R. l. C. S.; Land Agent Midland Railway Coy. Aug. 1913; Asst. Land Agent L. M. S. R. Coy. Nov. 1924; served with the 5th Batt. Sherwood Foresters until invalided in Sept. 1915, and subsequently at the War Office; Major Sept. 29, 1915; mentioned in despatches; O.B.E. June 7, 1918; T. D. 1918; m. Sept. 4, 1904, Constance Mary, daughter of Lawrence Augustin Strange, of Edgbaston, Birmingham; d. March 31, 1952.

CLAY, WILLIAM WALDEGRAVE PELHAM, eldest son of Lieut. -Gen. William Waldegrave Pelham Clay, Burridge Hall, Southwell, Notts., and Charlotte Catherine, dau. of Mundy Pole; b. 1796; adm.; left 1810; Royal Military College, Marlow; Ensign, 5th Foot, 1 Jul 1813; Lieut., 19 Apr 1821; 43rd Foot, 10 Oct 1822, half-pay; m. 1st, 26 Jul 1824 Jane, second dau. of William Wylde, Southwell, Notts.; m. 2nd, 19 Mar 1836 Henrietta Jane, eldest dau. of George Vernon, Clontarf Castle, co. Dublin; d. 3 Jul 1873.

CLAY, WILLIAM, of Warwickshire; b.; adm. Christmas 1812; BB 1812; left 1820; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. Bishop Williams scholar 16 May 1820, matr. Mich. 1820; BA 1824; d. 7 Sep 1827, aged 25.

CLAYTON, ---; b.; in school list 1729.