Lewis Clayton (8 June 1838 – 25 June 1917) was an Anglican bishop, the second bishop suffragan of Leicester from 1903 until 1912.

Life

Lewis Clayton was educated at

King's College School King's College School, also known as Wimbledon, KCS, King's and KCS Wimbledon, is a public school in Wimbledon, southwest London, England. The school was founded in 1829 by King George IV, as the junior department of King's College London and ...

and

Emmanuel College, Cambridge Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. The site on which the college sits was once a priory for Dominican mon ...

. He was ordained in 1861 and his first post was as a

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at Holy Trinity,

Halstead Halstead is a town and civil parish in the Braintree District of Essex, England. Its population of 11,906 in 2011 Vicar A vicar (; Latin: ''vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). Linguistically, ''vicar'' is cognate with the English pref ...

Dallington, Northamptonshire Dallington is a former village about northwest of the centre of Northampton, the county town of Northamptonshire, England. Dallington is now a suburb of Northampton. At the 2011 census the population was listed in the Spencer ward of Northampto ...

and from 1875 to 1888 was vicar of St Margaret's Church in

Leicester Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city l ...

. From 1887 he was a

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Peterborough Cathedral Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew – also known as Saint Peter's Cathedral in the United Kingdom – is the seat of the Church of England, Anglican Bishop of Peterborough, dedicated to Sain ...

before his elevation to the

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. His wife Katharine Hare (1843–1933), daughter of Thomas Hare, was a sister of the writer Marian Andrews (Christopher Hare), and a prominent campaigner for women's suffrage. He was appointed suffragan bishop of Leicester in 1903; he resigned the see (retaining his cathedral residential canonry) and became an assistant bishop of Peterborough (in retirement) in December 1912 until his death in 1917. He died on 25 June 1917.''Obituary Bishop L. Clayton ''

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Tuesday, Jun 26, 1917; pg. 9; Issue 41514; col C He is buried at the east end of the cathedral.

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1838 births People educated at King's College School, London Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Bishops suffragan of Leicester 20th-century Church of England bishops 1917 deaths {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub