William Wikeley Clayton
William Wikeley Clayton (1848-1901)
1901 Obituary [1]
WILLIAM WIKELEY CLAYTON was born in Leeds on 4th December 1848, and was educated at the Grammar School in that city.
After serving his apprenticeship with Messrs. Hudswell, Clarke, and Co., Railway Foundry, Hunslet, he went into the drawing office for a period, and was then appointed works manager.
He was subsequently taken into partnership with the surviving partner, Mr. John Clarke.
On the death of the latter, he became sole proprietor, and, on the conversion of the firm into a limited company, he was appointed managing director.
For some years he was a member of the Leeds Board of Guardians. Having caught a chill while on a journey, pneumonia supervened, and his death took place at his residence in Leeds on 26th October 1901, in his fifty-third year.
He became a Member of this Institution in 1882; he was also a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and of the Iron and Steel Institute.
1901 Obituary [2]
1902 Obituary [3]