Kenrick Clayton

Marden Park, 1869

Sir Kenrick Clayton, 2nd Baronet (c. 1713 – 10 March 1769)^[1] was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1734 to 1769.

Clayton was the oldest surviving son of Sir William Clayton, 1st Baronet (died 1744), and the brother of William Clayton of Harleyford. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.^[2]

His father was the nephew and heir of Sir Robert Clayton, a banker and former Lord Mayor of London who had been described "the wealthiest commoner in England". Sir William owned the manor of Bletchingley, and thereby controlled both seats in the parliamentary borough of Bletchingley and returned Kenrick as a Member of Parliament (MP) for this rotten borough at the 1734 general election. Kenrick held the seat until his death.^[1]^[3]

He inherited the baronetcy on his father's death 1744,^[1]along with his father's controlling interest both in Bletchingley and in the parliamentary borough of Great Marlow.^[3] He lived at Marden Park.

On his own death in 1769 he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his oldest son Robert. Robert died childless, and the baronetcy passed to Kenrick Clayton's nephew William, son of the first baronet's younger son William.

References

1 2 3 Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "C" (part 3)
↑ Sedgwick, Romney R. (1970). R. Sedgwick, ed. "CLAYTON, Kenrick (c.1713-69), of Marden Park, Surr". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
1 2 Sedgwick, Romney R. (1970). R. Sedgwick, ed. "CLAYTON, William (d.1744), of Marden Park, Surr". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 16 June 2014.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir William Clayton, Bt Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Bt	Member of Parliament for Bletchingley 1734 – 1769 With: Sir William Clayton, Bt to 1745 William Clayton (brother) 1745–61 Charles Whitworth 1761–68 (Sir) Robert Clayton from 1768	Succeeded by Sir Robert Clayton, Bt Frederick Standert
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by William Clayton	Baronet (Marden Park) 1744 – 1769	Succeeded by Robert Clayton

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[rayment-bt-1] 1 2 3 Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "C" (part 3)

[histparl-sir-kenrick-clayton-2bt-2] Sedgwick, Romney R. (1970). R. Sedgwick, ed. "CLAYTON, Kenrick (c.1713-69), of Marden Park, Surr". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 16 June 2014.

[histparl-william-clayton-1bt-3] 1 2 Sedgwick, Romney R. (1970). R. Sedgwick, ed. "CLAYTON, William (d.1744), of Marden Park, Surr". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 16 June 2014.