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

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.

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.

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.

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.