Sir William Clay, 1st Baronet

For other people named William Clay, see William Clay (disambiguation).

Sir
William Clay
1st Baronet
Member of Parliament for Tower Hamlets
Baronet of Fulwell Lodge
In office
1832–1857
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byGeorge Thompson
Joint Secretary to the Board of Control
In office
1839–1841
In office
30 September 1841 – 13 March 1869
Preceded byNew creation
Succeeded bySir William Clay, 2nd Baronet
Personal details
Born(1791-08-15)August 15, 1791
DiedMarch 13, 1869(1869-03-13) (aged 77)
NationalityEnglish
Political partyLiberal
SpouseHarriet Dickason
ChildrenSeveral, including Sir William Clay, 2nd Baronet
Residence(s)Fulwell Lodge, Middlesex; 35 Cadogan Place, Chelsea, Middlesex
OccupationPolitician, Shipowner

Sir William Clay, 1st Baronet (15 August 1791 – 13 March 1869)[1] was an English Liberal Party politician and considered as a reformist a Radical.

Clay was the son of George Clay, a prominent London merchant and shipowner.[2]

He was elected at the 1832 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Tower Hamlets,[3] and held the seat for 25 years until his defeat at the 1857 general election.[3] He served under Lord Melbourne as Joint Secretary to the Board of Control from 1839 to 1841.[citation needed] On 30 September 1841 he was made a baronet, of Fulwell Lodge in the County of Middlesex.[4]

Clay married Harriet, daughter of Thomas Dickason, of Fulwell Lodge, Twickenham,[5] Middlesex, in 1822. They had several children and lived also at 35 Cadogan Place, Chelsea, Middlesex. Lady Clay died in December 1867. Clay survived her and died in March 1869, aged 77. His probate was sworn in the c.£20,000-broad bracket of under £120,000 (equivalent to about £14,000,000 in 2023).[6] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, William.[citation needed]

Family

Sir William Clay, 2nd Baronet's wife Lady Mariana Emily (née Shuster) later Clay and Haliburton by W. & D. Downey

Sir William Clay, 2nd Baronet married Mariana Emily, daughter of Leo Schuster in 1855. They had no children. He died on 3 November 1877. His widow married Arthur Haliburton, 1st Baron Haliburton.[7]

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
  2. ^ Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
  3. ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 18. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  4. ^ Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "C" (part 3)
  5. ^ National Library of Scotland interactive explorer of historic UK maps
  6. ^ https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk Calendar of Probates and Administrations
  7. ^ Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1903). Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada. Toronto: Williams Briggs. p. 142.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency Member of Parliament for Tower Hamlets
1832 – 1857
With: Stephen Lushington 1832–41
Charles Richard Fox 1841–47
George Thompson 1847–52
Charles Salisbury Butler 1852–68 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Joint Secretary to the Board of Control
1839–1841
with Lord Seymour 1839–1841
Charles Buller 1841 		Succeeded by
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Fulwell Lodge)
1841–1869 		Succeeded by
William Dickason Clay