| 词条 | Charles Travis Clay |
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Early life and educationClay was born at Rastrick House in Rastrick, near Halifax, Yorkshire, the younger son of historian and genealogist John William Clay and his wife, Alice Caroline Pilleau. His mother was the daughter of Colonel Henry Pilleau and descended from Pezé Pilleau, the notable Huguenot silversmith.[1] His only brother, Lionel Pilleau Clay, was killed in action in 1918 in the First World War.[2] He was educated at Harrow School, earning a scholarship for mathematics at Balliol College, Oxford in 1904. After gaining only second-class honours in mathematical moderations, he was able to keep his scholarship but read history. Under the tutelage of Henry William Carless Davis and Arthur Lionel Smith, he took first-class honours in modern history in 1908.[2] CareerClay became assistant secretary to the Marquess of Crewe, first at the Colonial Office and then at the India Office. After Sir Edmund Gosse retired in 1914, Lord Crewe, at that time Leader of the House of Lords, recommended Clay as an Assistant Librarian at House of Lords Library. Shortly afterward, he was commissioned into the Royal Devon Yeomanry and sent to France. He rose to the rank of major and was twice mentioned in dispatches.[2] He succeeded as librarian in 1922, and served more than three decades in the post while continuing to pursue his passion for genealogy and antiquities, earning a reputation for his expertise in both art and archaeology. {{Pull quote|text=He was studious but very human, had a remarkably accurate memory, and was an historical scholar. His knowledge of art and archaeology was encyclopaedic; and he always paid scrupulous attention to the unexciting but demanding work of classification and administration. Peers placed great reliance on his recommendation of sources of information, and knowledge of parliamentary history, and he was even consulted on the rules of precedence. It was a tribute to his knowledge and judgment when, towards the end of his career... Mr R. A. Butler (now Lord Butler of Saffron Walden) appointed him a member of the reviewing committee on the export of works of art.|author=The Times|source=1978[1]}}He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA) for 65 years and vice-president of the society in 1934–38. He also served as honorary vice-president of the Royal Historical Society. He was a member of the Huguenot Society and the Harleian Society as well as the Roxburghe Club for bibliophiles.[2] In 1943, Clay was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Leeds. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath, civil division, in the 1944 New Year Honours.[3] Fellows of the British Academy elected in the 1950 Following his retirement, he was knighted in the 1957 Birthday Honours.[4] Personal lifeIn 1913, Dobson married the Hon. Alice Violet Robson (1892–1972), daughter of justice William Robson, Baron Robson. They had three daughters, Rachel Maxwell-Hyslop (1914–2011), a prominent archaeologist; Rosemary Travis Clay (1924–2009); and Diana Franklin Clay (1920–1977), who married opera singer and director Norman Platt.[2] He died in Oxford, Oxfordshire, in 1978. References{{Portal|Libraries}}1. ^1 2 {{cite news |title= Sir Charles Clay – Lords Librarian, historian and archaeologist |work=The Times |publisher=The Times Digital Archive |page=16|date=2 February 1978 }} {{s-start}}{{s-gov}}{{Succession box2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite journal |title=Clay, Sir Charles Travis (1885–1978), antiquary and librarian |journal=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-30939 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-30939 |accessdate=15 February 2019 |language=en}} 3. ^{{London Gazette |issue=36309 |date= 31 December 1943| page= 5 |supp=y}} 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=41089 |date=4 June 1957 | page= 3367 |supp=y}} |title=House of Lords Librarian |before= Arthur Butler |after=Sir Christopher Dobson |years= 1922–1956}}{{s-end}}{{Authority control|VIAF=133604}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Clay, Charles Travis}} 11 : 1885 births|1978 deaths|People from Rastrick|Royal Devon Yeomanry officers|English librarians|English historians|English archaeologists|People educated at Harrow School|Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford|Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London|Fellows of the British Academy |
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