Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

Jasper Clayton (died 27 June 1743) was

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Military career

Born the son of Sir John Clayton and Alice (Bowyer) Clayton, Jasper Clayton lived at Fernhill in

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.''The Clayton Family'' By Henry F. Hepburn, Page 15
/ref> He chose to join the army and climbed the ranks to become a

lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

. In 1707, during the

War of the Spanish Succession The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict that took place from 1701 to 1714. The death of childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700 led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire between his heirs, Phil ...

, he was present at the

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. In 1713 he was made

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of the

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. He commanded a brigade during the suppression of the

1715 Jacobite Rising The Jacobite rising of 1715 ( gd, Bliadhna Sheumais ; or 'the Fifteen') was the attempt by James Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) to regain the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland for the exiled Stuarts. At Braemar, Aberdeenshire, lo ...

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.Lyons, p. 67 He was appointed

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in 1727, remaining there until 1730. He fought in the

War of Austrian Succession War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...

and was killed at the

Battle of Dettingen The Battle of Dettingen (german: Schlacht bei Dettingen) took place on 27 June 1743 during the War of the Austrian Succession at Dettingen in the Electorate of Mainz, Holy Roman Empire (now Karlstein am Main in Bavaria). It was fought between a ...

in 1743. He is buried at Wingfield in

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* 1743 deaths West Yorkshire Regiment officers British Army lieutenant generals Governors of Gibraltar British military personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession British Army personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession British military personnel killed in the War of the Austrian Succession Year of birth unknown {{Gibraltar-bio-stub