Person    | Male  Born 1671  Died 29/4/1752

William Clayton, Baron Sundon

Baptised November 1671 in Newmarket. Treasury official and MP 1716-52. Bought the estates of Sundon in Ardagh, Ireland in 1716 and was raised to the Peerage of Ireland in 1735 as Baron Sundon.

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William Clayton, Baron Sundon

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St Margaret's new tower - 1736

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