William Lane

William Ward Claypon Lane-Claypon (1 August 1845 – 31 March 1939) was an English banker, magistrate and a cricketer who played in a few first-class cricket matches for Cambridge University and Surrey between 1866 and 1870. He was born at Kennington, at the time of his birth part of Surrey, now an inner London suburb.

Education and cricket career Lane was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. His brother Charlton had a much longer first-class cricket career for Surrey, Oxford University and various amateur sides.

Career

After leaving Cambridge, Lane moved to Lincolnshire where he was involved in a bank at Boston and became a Justice of the Peace. He was a director of the Capital and Counties Bank.

Personal life

He married Edith Stow. Their daughter Janet Lane-Claypon (1877–1967) was a pioneering physician and cancer researcher. He died at Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire. The cricketer Montague Stow was his brother-in-law.