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Jasper Clayton
Died	27 June 1743 Wingfield, Buckinghamshire
Allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain
Service / branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant General
Battles / wars	War of Spanish Succession War of Austrian Succession

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

Military career

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

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

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

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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