Clover, Clayton and Co
Shipbuilders and repairers of Birkenhead.
1873 Partnership change. '... the undersigned, George Robert Clover the younger, Matthew Clover, William Ashley Clayton, and Walter Kersey Bayley, in the trade or business of Ship Builders, at Birkenhead, in the county of Chester, and at Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, under the firm or style of Clover, Clayton, and Co., was this day dissolved, by mutual consent, so far as regards the said Walter Kersey Bayley, who is retiring from the business; and in future, or until further notice, the business will be carried on by the said George Robert Clover the younger, Matthew Clover, and William Ashley Clayton, on their separate account...'[1]