| Authorised form of name | Clayton; Sir; John (c 1620 - c1710); lawyer and virtuoso |
| Dates | c 1620 - c1710 |
| Activity | Education:
Inner Temple (admitted 1682)
Career:
Called to the bar (1691)
Honours:
Kt 1664
|
| Membership category | Original Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/05/1663 |
| RSActivity | Committee and panels:
Committee for Collecting all the Phenomena of Nature hitherto observed (1664) ; Committee for Correspondence (1664) |
| Other Royal Society activity | Proposed on 4 September 1661; Brought in variety of varnishes for report (1661) |
| Relationships | Parents: Sir Jasper Clayton and Mary Thompson
Married: Alice Buggins (née Bowyer) |
| OtherInfo | While Clayton was somewhat actively involved in the early Society's development and a member of multiple committees, not much else is known about his legal practice, as well as his personal life. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Hunter; Le Neve
References:
Dickson, D R. 1997. 'Thomas Henshaw and Sir Robert Paston's Pursuit of the Red Elixir: An Early Collaboration Between Fellows of the Royal Society', in Notes and Records, vol. 51, pp. 57-76
Notes:
The election date is Clayton's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously admitted into the Society on 9 October 1661.
Uncertainty regarding dates of existence due to Inner Temple admissions dates. Year of birth and death taken from Hunter.
Inner Temple admissions register has John Clayton, admitted 1682, from Parsons Green, Middlesex. |
| Code | NA1472 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| RBC/1/29 | 'China Vernish Brought in by Mr John Clayton' | 1661 |
| RBO/1/26 | 'China Vernish brought in By Mr John Clayton' | nd |