Jasper Clayton

Lieutenant General Jasper Clayton (died 27 June 1743) was Governor of Gibraltar.

Jasper Clayton
Died27 June 1743
Wingfield, Buckinghamshire
Allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branchBritish Army
RankLieutenant General
Battles/warsWar of Spanish Succession
War of Austrian Succession

Military career

Born the son of Sir John Clayton and Alice (Bowyer) Clayton, Jasper Clayton lived at Fernhill in Buckinghamshire.[1] He chose to join the army and climbed the ranks to become a lieutenant general.[1] In 1707, during the War of the Spanish Succession, he was present at the Battle of Almansa.[2]

In 1713 he was made colonel of the 14th Regiment of Foot.[3] He commanded a brigade during the suppression of the 1715 Jacobite Rising in Scotland.[4]

He was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Gibraltar in 1727, remaining there until 1730.[1] He fought in the War of Austrian Succession and was killed at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743.[1] He is buried at Wingfield in Buckinghamshire.[1]

References
  1. The Clayton Family By Henry F. Hepburn, Page 15
  2. Descriptions of the English infantry regiments on 1 January 1703
  3. Historical Record of the Fourteenth or Buckinghamshire Regiment, Page 22
  4. Lyons, p. 67

Sources
  • Lyons, Adam (2014). The 1711 Expedition to Quebec: Politics And The Limitations Of British Global Strategy. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1472581693.


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