| 词条 | William Clayton (Liverpool MP) |
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He was the son of Robert Clayton of Fulwood, near Preston, Lancashire and followed his uncle Thomas Clayton to Liverpool, where he became a successful tobacco and sugar merchant. After serving as a common councillor from 1685 he was elected Mayor of Liverpool for 1689–90, and then became an alderman of the city. In the Parliament of England, he served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool from 1698 to 1708. After the Union with Scotland, he was elected as a Liverpool MP to the new House of Commons of Great Britain from 1713 to 1715. He married, in 1690, Elizabeth, the daughter of George Leigh of Oughtrington, Cheshire and left a son and 3 daughters. References}} {{s-start}}{{s-par|en}}{{s-bef| before = Sir William Norris, Bt | before2 = Jasper Maudit }}{{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for Liverpool | years = 1698 – 1707 | with = Sir William Norris, Bt to 1701 | with2 = Thomas Johnson from 1701 }}{{s-aft | after = Parliament of Great Britain }}{{s-par|gb}}{{s-bef | before = Parliament of England }}{{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for Liverpool | years = 1707 – 1708 | with = Thomas Johnson }}{{s-aft | after = Thomas Johnson | after2 = Richard Norris }}{{s-bef | before = Sir Thomas Johnson | before2 = John Cleiveland }}{{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for Liverpool | years = 1713 – 1715 | with = Sir Thomas Johnson }}{{s-aft | after = Sir Thomas Johnson | after2 = Edward Norris }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Clayton, William}}{{England-pre1707-MP-stub}}{{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub}}{{England-mayor-stub}} 13 : 1650s births|Year of birth uncertain|1715 deaths|People from Preston, Lancashire|Businesspeople from Liverpool|Mayors of Liverpool|English MPs 1698–1700|English MPs 1701|English MPs 1701–1702|English MPs 1702–1705|English MPs 1705–1707|Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies|British MPs 1713–15 |
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