Sir William Clay, 1st Baronet
Sir William Clay, 1st Baronet (15 August 1791 – 13 March 1869)[1] was an English Liberal Party politician.
Clay was the son of George Clay, a prominent London merchant and shipowner.[2]
He was elected at the 1832 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Tower Hamlets,[3] and held the seat for 25 years until his defeat at the 1857 general election.[3] He served under Lord Melbourne as Joint Secretary to the Board of Control from 1839 to 1841.[4] On 30 September 1841 he was made a baronet, of Fulwell Lodge in the County of Middlesex.[4][5]
Clay married Harriet, daughter of Thomas Dickason, of Fulwell Lodge, Middlesex, in 1822. They had several children. Lady Clay died in December 1867. Clay survived her by two years and died in March 1869, aged 77. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, William.[4]
Family
Sir William Clay, 2nd Baronet married Mariana Emily, daughter of Leo Schuster in 1855. They had no children. He died on 3 November 1877. His widow married Arthur Haliburton, 1st Baron Haliburton.[6]
References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
- ^ Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 18. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ a b c Lundy, Darryl. "Sir William Clay, 1st Bt". The Peerage.[unreliable source]
- ^ Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "C" (part 3)
- ^ Morgan, Henry James Types of Canadian women and of women who are or have been connected with Canada : (Toronto, 1903) [1]
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