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.

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.

CLARKSON, GEORGE PALMER, son of William Clarkson (adm. 1810, qv); b. 1 Nov 1830; adm. 26 Sep 1844; QS 1845; left Christmas 1846; m. 27 Apr 1859 Harriette Elam (IGI); d. 12 Dec 1870.

CLARKE, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1626, adm. scholar 1627, matr. Easter 1629; BA 1630/1.

CLARKE, SIR THOMAS, younger son of Thomas Clarke, St. Giles’s in the Fields, Holborn, carpenter, “whose wife kept a pawnbroker’s shop”; b.; adm. (aged 11) 10 Jan 1714/5; Min. Can. 1716; KS 1717; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1721, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1721, scholar 6 Apr 1722; 2nd in ordo 1724/5; BA 1724/5; MA 1728; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1727, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1728; adm. Gray’s Inn 20 Oct 1727, called to bar 21 Jun 1729; KC 1740; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 May 1742, Bencher 17 May 1754; MP St. Michael’s 1747-54, Lostwithiel 1754-61; Master of the Rolls from 25 May 1754; knighted 25 May 1754; Privy Councillor 21 Jun 1754; FRS 14 Nov 1754; author, Fleta seu Commentarius Juris Anglicani, 1735 (issued anonymously); d. 13 Nov 1764. DNB.

CLARKE, STEPHEN HARDCASTLE, brother of Francis Richard Clarke (qv); b. 19 May 1865; adm. QS 12 Jun 1879; left May 1884; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Oct 1884, exhibitioner 1884; BA 1888; MA 1891; adm. solicitor Aug 1899; in practice at Sunderland; m. 7 Aug 1902 Paula, eldest dau. of Francis Ford Freeman, Tavistock, Devon; d. 26 Aug 1928.

CLARKE, SPENCER, son of Turner Poulter Clarke, Andover, Hants., and Elizabeth Parker (IGI); b. 13 May 1837; adm. 26 Apr 1848 (Rigaud's); QS 1851; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1855, adm. pens. 11 Jan 1855, scholar 1856; BA 1859; MA 1862; adm. solicitor Mich. 1862; Superintendent Registrar and Coroner for Hampshire from 1863; practised at Whitchurch, Hants.; m. 6 Feb 1868 Charlotte Elizabeth, dau. of Tobias Rustat Hemstead (IGI); d. 1 Nov 1921.

CLARKE, MATTHEW, son of Rev. Matthew Clarke, Rector of Bitterley, Shropshire, and of St. Leonard’s, Shoreditch, London; nephew of Rev. Thomas Hill DD, Master of Trinity Coll. Cambridge; b.; adm. (having previously been at Charterhouse Sch. ); KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1648, adm. pens. 20 May 1648, scholar 1649, matr. Mich. 1651; BA 1651/2; MA 1655; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1653 - c. 1658; Chaplain to Col. Hacker’s Regt., Scotland; Rector of Narborough, Leics., 28 May 1658 until ejection under Act of Uniformity of 1662; became a nonconformist preacher in Leicestershire; thrice imprisoned in Leicester Gaol “for the crime of preaching”; licensed as presbyterian preacher at Market Harborough, Leics., 29 May 1672; retired to Norwich, where he lived with his daughter; an oriental scholar of some distinction; m.; d. 1708, aged 78. DNB.

Clarke, John Harwood, brother of Francis Richard Clarke (q.v.); b. Sept. 3, 1870; adm. as Q.S. June 12, 1884; left July 1889; Durham Coll. of Science; an engineer; was manager, Sir James Laing and Sons, shipbuilders, Sunderland, 1902-8; m. April 24, 1902, Ethel Fanny Stone, daughter of Walter Sprott, of Mayfield, Sussex; d. Feb. 11, 1948.

CLARKE, HENRY TREVISA, brother of Francis Richard Clarke (qv); b. 4 Jan 1864; adm. as exhibitioner (G) 31 May 1877; QS 1878; left Dec 1881; a shipbuilder; member Inst. Naval Architects 1887; District Superintendent, Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing, North-West Ireland, Ministry of Shipping, 1916-9; m. 24 Apr 1894 Margaret Evelyn, second dau. of William Henry Sale, The Uplands, Derby.