| 词条 | Robert Clayton (Lord Mayor) |
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| honorific-prefix = The Rt. Hon. | name = Robert Clayton | honorific-suffix = | image = File:Laureys a Castro - Portrait of Sir Robert Clayton (1629–1707).jpg | caption = Robert Clayton by Laureys a Castro | nationality=British | order = Lord Mayor of London | term_start = 1679 | term_end = 1680 | deputy = | predecessor = James Edwards (Lord Mayor) | successor = Patience Ward | birth date = 1629 | birth place = Northamptonshire | death date= 1707 | spouse = | party = | birthname = | occupation = Banker, politician }} Sir Robert Clayton (1629–1707) was a British merchant banker, politician and Lord Mayor of London. LifeRobert Clayton was born in Northamptonshire, England. He became an apprentice to his uncle, a London scrivener, where he met a fellow apprentice, Alderman John Morris. They became successful businessmen and established the bank, Clayton & Morris Co. {{sfn|Courtney|1887}} Clayton entered politics, representing London and Bletchingley alternately as a Whig between 1679 and his death in 1707. He was knighted in 1671. Clayton made a considerable fortune. In 1697 he lent the king £30,000 to pay for the army.{{sfn|Courtney|1887}} In the mid-1650s Clayton purchased Brownsea Island and its castle. He was president of the St Thomas' Hospital in London which was then located in the Borough. He employed Thomas Cartwright to rebuild the hospital and St Thomas Church nearby. A statue of Clayton now stands at the North Entrance to Ward Block of North Wing at St Thomas' Hospital and is Grade I listed.{{sfn|Courtney|1887}} Robert Clayton was a member of the Scriveners and Drapers Company, an Alderman of Cheap Ward in the City of London (1670–1683), a Sheriff in 1671, Lord Mayor of London (1679–1680), a member of parliament for the City of London or Bletchingley for most of the years 1679 to 1707, Colonel of the Orange Regiment of militia (various times, 1680–1702), President of the Honourable Artillery Company (1690–1703), Commissioner of the Customs (1689–1697), an Assistant to the Royal African Company (1672–1681) and a director of the Bank of England (1702–1707). ReferencesSources
Dr. J.P. Dickson. MA.,MB.,BChir.(Cantab). St. Thomas's staff 1955. Personal reminiscence. External links
| before = Sir John Frederick | before2 = William Love | before3 = Sir William Thompson | before4 = John Jones }}{{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for City of London | years = 1679–1681 | with = William Love | with2 = Sir Thomas Player | with3 = Thomas Pilkington }}{{s-aft | after = Sir John Moore | after2 = Sir William Prichard | after3 = Sir Samuel Dashwood | after4 = Sir Peter Rich }}{{s-bef | before = Sir John Moore | before2 = Sir William Prichard | before3 = Sir Samuel Dashwood | before4 = Sir Peter Rich }}{{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for City of London | years = 1689–1690 | with = Sir Patience Ward | with2 = William Love | with3 = Thomas Pilkington | wuth4 = Sir William Ashhurst }}{{s-aft | after = Sir William Prichard | after2 = Sir Samuel Dashwood | after3 = William Turner | after4 = Sir Thomas Vernon }}{{s-bef | before = Thomas Howard | before2 = Jeffrey Amherst (MP) }}{{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for Bletchingley | years = 1690–1695 | with = Thomas Howard }}{{s-aft | after = Thomas Howard | after2 = Maurice Thompson }}{{s-bef | before = Sir John Fleet | before2 = Sir Samuel Dashwood | before3 = Sir Thomas Vernon | before4 = Sir William Prichard }}{{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for City of London | years = 1695–1698 | with = Sir John Fleet | with2 = Sir William Ashhurst | with3 = Thomas Papillon }}{{s-aft | after = Sir William Ashhurst | after2 = Sir John Fleet | after3 = Sir James Houblon | after4 = Thomas Papillon }}{{s-bef | before = Thomas Howard | before2 = Maurice Thompson }}{{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for Bletchingley | years = 1698–1701 | with = Hugh Hare }}{{s-aft | after = Sir Edward Gresham, Bt | after2 = John Ward }}{{s-bef | before = Sir William Ashhurst | before2 = Sir John Fleet | before3 = Sir James Houblon | before4 = Thomas Papillon }}{{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for City of London | years = 1701–1702 | with = Sir William Ashhurst to 1702 | with2 = Sir William Withers to November 1701 | with3 = Sir Gilbert Heathcote to February 1701 | with4 = Sir John Fleet March–November 1701 | with5 = Sir Thomas Abney from November 1701 | with6 = Sir Gilbert Heathcote from November 1701 }}{{s-aft | after = Sir William Prichard | after2 = Sir Gilbert Heathcote | after3 = Sir John Fleet | after4 = Sir Francis Child }}{{s-bef | before = John Ward | before2 = John Evelyn }}{{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for Bletchingley | years = 1702–1705 | with = John Ward }}{{s-aft | after = John Ward | after2 = George Evelyn }}{{s-bef | before = Sir William Prichard | before2 = Sir Gilbert Heathcote | before3 = Sir John Fleet | before4 = Sir Francis Child }}{{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for City of London | years = 1705–1707 | with = Sir Gilbert Heathcote | with2 = Samuel Shepheard | with3 = Sir William Ashhurst }}{{s-aft | after = Sir William Withers | after2 = Samuel Shepheard | after3 = Sir William Ashhurst | after4 = Sir Gilbert Heathcote }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Clayton, Robert}} 17 : 1629 births|1707 deaths|People from Northamptonshire|English bankers|Knights Bachelor|Members of the Parliament of England for the City of London|Businesspeople from London|Sheriffs of the City of London|17th-century Lord Mayors of London|Date of death unknown|Place of death unknown|People of the Stuart period|17th-century English merchants|English merchants|Date of birth unknown|English MPs 1679|English MPs 1680–1681 |
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