About Jasper Clayton
Jasper Clayton was a British military personnel.
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 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.
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