Researching Thomas Clayton
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The name Thomas means "a twin" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Thomas Clayton on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Thomas Clayton and the Clayton Family History
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Thomas Clayton
Thomas Clayton (July 1777 – August 21, 1854) was an American lawyer and politician from Dover in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party and later the Whig Party. He served in the Delaware General Assembly, as Attorney General of Delaware, as Secretary of State of Delaware, as Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court, as U.S. Representative from Delaware, and as U.S. Senator from Delaware. In 1846 he was one of two members of the United States Senate to vote against declaring war on Mexico.
Source: Thomas Clayton, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Thomas Clayton (physician)
Sir Thomas Clayton (c 1612 – 4 October 1693), known in his father's lifetime as Thomas Clayton the Younger, was an English physician and professor of medicine who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.
Clayton was the son of Thomas Clayton MD of Oxford, the last Principal of Broadgates Hall and the first Master of Pembroke College. He matriculated there on 25 May 1627, aged fifteen, and was graduated BA on 22 January 1629, MA on 17 October 1631. He was of Gray's Inn in 1633. Further awards from Oxford were B.Med. on 18 July 1635 and D.Med. on 19 June 1639. He was Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford from 1647 to 1665, succeeding his father.
In 1660, Clayton was elected one of the two Members of Parliament for Oxford University in the Convention Parliament. He was knighted on 27 March 1661. From 1661 to 1693 he was warden of Merton College, Oxford.
Clayton was of La Vache, Buckinghamshire. He died at the age of 80.
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