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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)]
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.