CLAYTON, ---; b.; in school list 1729.
CLAYTON, ROBERT; b.; adm.; KS 1664; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1667, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1667, scholar 1668, matr. 1667/8; adm. Inner Temple 18 Jun 1667 (as of St. Martin’s in the Fields, London), called 23 Nov 1673; d. 13 Dec 1676.
CLAYTON, ROBERT, eldest son of Rev. John Clayton DD, Dean of Kildare, and Juliana ---; b. ; at school under Knipe (Cotton, Fasti Ecc. Hib. , i, 232); presumably Robert Clayton, son of John Clayton, Wakefield, Yorks. , bapt. there 6 May 1695, who was Min. Can. (aged 15) 1710; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 25 Jun 1710, aged 15 (as pupil of “Mr. Pearson, Dublin”); BA 1714; MA 1717; LLB 1718; LLD 1722; DD 1730; Fellow Trinity Coll. Dublin 1714- Jun 1728, Senior Fellow 1724; travelled on Continent, incl. Italy; ordained priest (Kildare) 24 May 1719; became an intimate friend of Samuel Clarke, the metaphysician; consecrated Bishop of Killala 10 May 1730; translated to Cork and Ross 19 Dec 1735 and to Clogher 26 Aug 1745; the Lord Lieut. of Ireland refused to appoint him Archbishop of Tuam in 1752, on account of his Arianism; summoned to appear before a meeting of the Irish bishops in answer to a charge of heresy; FSA 14 May 1752; author, Essay on Spirit. . . with some remarks on the Athanasian and Nicean Creeds, 1751, and other works; m. 17 Jun 1728 Catherine, dau. of Nehemiah Donellan, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Ireland; d. 25 Feb 1759. DNB. [Mother’s surname perhaps Edmondson (IGI)]
Cleary, William Robert Castle, son of Sir William Castle Cleary KBE CB, Dep. Sec. Min. of Education, and Rosalind Clara Gwendolen, d. of Rev. Howard Augustus Crosbie, Vicar of Builth Wells, Breconshire; b. 3 June 1922; adm. Sept. 1935 (A); elected KS 1936, but did not take up scholarship; left July 1938; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1938, BA 1941; RNVR Fleet Air Arm 1942-5, Sub-Lieut. (A) 1944, invalided 1945; Bartlett Sch. of Architecture Univ. Coll. Lond., BA 1947; ARIBA 1947; Architecture and Building Branch Min. of Education 1949-67; super-intending architect Univ. Grants Committee 1967-73, chief architect 1973-81; m. 3 Nov. 1951 Ursula Doryne Elizabeth, d. of Col. Malby Crofton DSO RHA; d. 10 Nov 1994.
CLEAVER, EUSEBY, brother of John Cleaver (qv); b. 8 Sep 1745; adm.; KS 1759; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1763, matr. 9 Jun 1763, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1763 – void 10 May 1775 (expiry year of grace as R. Spofforth from 12 May 1774), Tutor 1767-74; BA 1767; MA 1770; BD and DD 1783; DD Trinity Coll. Dublin 1788; tutor to Earl of Egremont at Christ Church 1767; ordained deacon (Oxford) 20 Dec 1772; Rector of Spofforth, Yorks., 9 May 1774-83; Rector of Tillington, Sussex, 13 Mar 1783-9; Rector of Petworth, Sussex, 5 Apr 1783-9; Prebendary of Chichester 21 Feb 1787 – res by May 1789; Chaplain to Marquis of Buckingham when Lord Lieut. Ireland, 1787-9; consecrated Bishop of Cork and Ross 28 Mar 1789, translated to Ferns and Leighlin 13 Jun 1789; suffered heavy losses during rebellion of 1798, having his palace plundered and his library destroyed; Archbishop of Dublin from 25 Aug 1809; m. 2 May 1788 Catherine, dau. of Right Hon. Owen Wynne PC (I) MP (I), Hazlewood, co. Sligo; d. 10 Dec 1819. DNB.
CLEAVER, HENRY OWEN, son of Euseby Cleaver (qv); b. 12 Aug 1796; adm. 30 Sep 1806; KS 1810; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1814, matr. 23 May 1814, Westminster Student; BA 1818; MA 1820; ordained; Perpetual Curate of Hawkhurst, Kent, 3 Feb 1826-32; m. 24 May 1826 Carolina Charlotte Wilhelmina, dau. of Count --- de Spaen [and Lady Louisa Eleanor King, dau. of Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston (I)]; d. 4 Jun 1837.
CLEAVER, JOHN FRANCIS, brother of William Cleaver (KS 1799, qv); b. 16 Mar 1788; adm.; KS (Capt) 1801; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1805, matr. 25 May 1805, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics & 2nd cl. Math., 1808; BA 1809; MA 1811; ordained; Rector of Corwen, Merionethshire, 21 Apr 1812 (still 1829); Rector of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 16 Jun 1814-5; Prebendary of St. Asaph from 6 Jan 1815; Vicar of Great Coxwell, Berks., from 23 Oct 1815; d. unm. 12 Mar 1861.
CLEAVER, JOHN, son of Rev. William Cleaver, Twyford, Bucks., Master of Buckingham School, and Martha, dau. of Rev. John Lettice, Vicar of Bozeat, Northants.; b. (Banbury, Oxfordshire); adm. (aged 13) Nov 1749 (Levett's); KS 1750; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1754, matr. 18 Jun 1754, Westminster Student from 27 Feb 1755, Catechist 1767, Junior Censor 1772, Librarian 1775; BA 1758; MA 1761; leave of absence from Ch. Ch. to be private tutor at Westminster Sch. 1760; ordained; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III from 1770; Curate, Cowley, Oxfordshire, 1773; Vicar of Frodsham, Cheshire, from 19 Oct 1774; Prebendary of Chester from 25 Apr 1775; d. unm. 24 Apr 1776.
CLEAVER, WILLIAM, eldest son of Right Rev. William Cleaver DD, Bishop of St. Asaph, and Anne, dau. of Ralph Assheton (qv); nephew of John Cleaver (qv); b. 11 Dec 1785; adm.; KS 1799; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1803, matr. 23 May 1803; BA 1807; MA 1809; ordained; Rector of Llanfawr, Merionethshire (still 1829), Vaynol, Flints. [check], and Corwen, Merionethshire, 27 Nov 1809; Precentor of St. Asaph, 11 Dec 1809-46; Perpetual Curate of Drelincourt [check], Denbighshire, 3 Sep 1811; Rector of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 12 Oct 1811-4; Vicar of Bettws, Montgomeryshire, 26 May 1814; Rector of Denbigh, 17 Sep 1814-8; Rector of Wanlip, Leics., 17 Sep 1818-31; d. unm. 7 Dec 1854.