William Clayton Explained

William Clayton may refer to:

Politics

William Clayton (Liverpool MP) (died 1715), Member of Parliament for Liverpool, 1698–1708
Sir William Clayton, 1st Baronet (died 1744), Member of Parliament for Bletchingley, 1715–1744
William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon (1671–1752), MP for Woodstock, St Albans, Westminster, Plympton Erle and St Mawes
William Clayton (died 1783) (c. 1718–1783), MP for Bletchingley, 1745–1761, and Great Marlow, 1761–1783
Sir William Clayton, 4th Baronet (1762–1834), Member of Parliament for Great Marlow, 1783–1790
Sir William Clayton, 5th Baronet (1786–1866), Member of Parliament for Great Marlow, 1832–1842

William F. Clayton (1923–2017), US politician
William C. Clayton (1831–1915), American educator, lawyer, politician, and businessperson
W. H. H. Clayton (1840–1920), American soldier, lawyer, judge in post-Civil War Arkansas and Indian Territory Oklahoma
William L. Clayton (1880–1966), US assistant secretary of state for economic affairs
William Clayton (colonist) (1632–1689), acting Governor of the Pennsylvania Colony, 1684–1685
William Wirt Clayton (1812–1885), judge, director and tax collector in Atlanta, Georgia
William M. Clayton (1824–?), US politician, mayor of Denver, Colorado, 1868–1869