| Rice Richard Clayton | |
| Office: | Member of Parliament for Aylesbury |
| Term Start: | 28 June 1841 |
| Term End: | 29 July 1847 |
| Predecessor: | Charles Baillie-Hamilton William Rickford |
| Successor: | John Peter Deering George Nugent-Grenville |
| Alongside: | Charles Baillie-Hamilton |
| Birth Date: | 15 November 1798 |
| Birth Place: | Harleyford, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Death Place: | Hedgerley Park, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Alma Mater: | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Eton College |
| Nationality: | British |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Parents: | Sir William Clayton, 4th Baronet Mary East |
Rice Richard Clayton (15 November 1798 – 4 May 1879), sometimes Richard Rice Clayton,[1] [2] was a British Conservative politician.[3]
Born in Harleyford, Buckinghamshire, Clayton was the fourth son of Sir William Clayton, 4th Baronet and Mary née East. He was first educated at Eton College, before attending Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1820 and a Master of Arts in 1824. He also entered Lincoln's Inn in 1819.[2]
In 1832, he married Maria Amelia Nugent, daughter of Maria, Lady Nugent and Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet, and they had at least six children[4]
Clayton became a Conservative MP for Aylesbury at the 1841 general election but was defeated at the next general election in 1847.[2] [3] [4] [5]
During his life, Clayton was also a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Buckinghamshire, as well as a High Sheriff for the same county in 1838.[2] [4]