Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed . koswald, and completed it at Uppingham Grammar School,where he obtained an extensive acquaintance with the best writersof Greece and Rome, and laid the foundation of that classicalscholarship which distinguished him throughout his long and activelife. Parental influence brought him at an early age into the sphere VOL. I. 37 578 JOHN CLA YTON. of public work. Admitted an attorney in June, 1815, he served theofifice of Under-sheriff of Northumberland the following year, duringthe Shrievalty of Matthew Bell of Woolsington (afterwards ),and on the retirement
Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed . koswald, and completed it at Uppingham Grammar School,where he obtained an extensive acquaintance with the best writersof Greece and Rome, and laid the foundation of that classicalscholarship which distinguished him throughout his long and activelife. Parental influence brought him at an early age into the sphere VOL. I. 37 578 JOHN CLA YTON. of public work. Admitted an attorney in June, 1815, he served theofifice of Under-sheriff of Northumberland the following year, duringthe Shrievalty of Matthew Bell of Woolsington (afterwards ),and on the retirement of his father from the office of Town Clerk ofNewcastle, in 1822, he was unanimously elected to that importantand responsible position. Trained to municipal routine by his fatherscare, young Mr. Clayton entered upon his duties fully equipped forthe work. Great changes were impending—political, municipal,social, and industrial—and in a few years after his appointment was called upon to play an important part in JOHN CLAYTON. First in the order of time came the development of the railwaysystem. Mr. Clayton was one of the solicitors of the Newcastleand Carlisle Railway, projected in 1825, and soon aftersvards filledthe same post in connection with the North Shields and the DurhamJunction Railway companies. In the face of great opposition hethrew the influence of his name, his wealth, and his ability intothe struggle to secure the passage through Parliament of the Billsnecessary to authorise the construction of these iron highways, which JOHN CLA YTON. 5 7 9 his sagacity assured him were destined to exercise an importantinfluence on the destiny of the North of England. The contestwas long, and in some phases bitter, but Mr. Claytons tact pulledthe promoters through. The lines that he promoted were necessaryparts of a great scheme for establishing through communication withLondon, and in no long time he had the gratification of seeing acontinuous line of railw
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