Lewis Clayton
Lewis Clayton was an Anglican bishop, the second Bishop suffragan of Leicester from 1903 until 1913.Life
Lewis Clayton was educated at King's College School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1861 and his first post was as a Curate at Holy Trinity, Halstead.
From 1866 to 1875 he was Vicar of Dallington, Northamptonshire and from 1875 to 1888 was vicar of St Margaret's Church in Leicester.
From 1887 he was a Residentiary Canon at Peterborough Cathedral before his elevation to the Episcopate. His wife was a prominent campaigner for women's suffrage. He was appointed suffragan bishop of Leicester in 1903 and assistant Bishop of Peterborough in 1913 until his death in 1917.
He died on 25 Jun 1917. He is buried at the east end of the cathedral.
