Background
Clayton was the son of Samuel Clayton of Old Park, Enfield, Middlesex, and was born about 1733.
Clayton was the son of Samuel Clayton of Old Park, Enfield, Middlesex, and was born about 1733.
He was educated by private teachers at Street Albans and Chelmsford, at a dissenting academy in Northampton, and at the University of Glasgow.
In the spring of 1781 he was appointed divinity tutor at Warrington Academy, in succession to John Aikin. But it was then in its final years. In 1783 he returned to Liverpool broken in health.
While at Warrington, in 1782 he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of Edinburgh.
He then returned once more to Liverpool, and died there on 20 May 1797, aged 66.
The scheme was carried on for thirteen years, but it was not supported by the members of the church who had professed to be dissatisfied with the Book of Common Prayer.
