200px, The House of Commons, 1833, by Sir George Hayter (died 1871), given to the National Portrait Gallery, London in 1858. Also known as "The Meeting of the First Reformed Parliament". Sir William Robert Clayton, 5th Baronet (28 August 1786 – 19 September 1866) was an English Army officer and politician. He was the eldest son of

Sir William Clayton, 4th Baronet Sir William Clayton, 4th Baronet (16 April 1762 – 26 January 1834) of Harleyford Manor, near Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire was an English politician. Clayton was the oldest surviving son of William Clayton (c. 1718 – 1783), of Harleyford ...

of Harleyford, near Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire and educated at

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. He succeeded his father in 1834. He joined the Army as an Ensign in the

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in 1804 and transferred as a lieutenant to the

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in 1805, rising to captain in 1809. In 1812 he went with the Horse Guards to the

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and the following year took part in the battles of

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, the

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and Pamplona. He was made major in 1815 and saw action at

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and Waterloo in 1815. He went on half-pay in 1816 and was made lieutenant-colonel on half-pay in 1826. He was promoted colonel in 1841, major-general in 1851, lieutenant-general in 1858 and full general in 1865. He was a

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(MP) for

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from 1832 to 1842. He was pricked

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for 1846–47. He died at Southsea in 1866. He had married in May 1817 Alice Hugh Massey O’Donnell, the daughter and heiress of Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh O’Donnell, MP of Tralee, co. Kerry. (Son of Sir Neal O’Donnell 1st Bt. )The marriage ended in an acrimonious divorce in 1832. They had 2 sons and 2 daughters, including Caroline Douglas who became Marchioness of Queensberry. His sons both predeceased him and he was therefore succeeded in the baronetcy and settled estates by his grandson William Robert Clayton (1842–1914).

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