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William Robert Clayton was born on August 28, 1786. After military college he became an Ensign in the Tenth Foot, where his uncle, the Hon. General Fox was Colonel. In 1805 he became a Cornet in the Royal Horse Guards, and four years later a Lieutenant. He fought at the battles of Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Genappe and at Waterloo and on to Paris for the capitulation in 1815. A painting of the Charger that he rode in these battles, 'Skirmisher', by Richard Barrett Davies, was offered at Christie's, London, March 1, 1985, lot 132. In 1815, he became a Major, and a Lieutenant-Colonel of the Twenty-Second Foot in 1826.
In 1832 he was elected Member of Parliament for Marlow in Buckinghamshire and represented the constituency until 1842; in Parliament he was a strenuous advocate of reform. He died on September 19, 1866.
In 1832 he was elected Member of Parliament for Marlow in Buckinghamshire and represented the constituency until 1842; in Parliament he was a strenuous advocate of reform. He died on September 19, 1866.