William Clayton (Liverpool MP)

William Clayton (after 1650 – 7 July 1715) was an English merchant and politician from Liverpool.
Clayton was from Preston, but followed his uncle Thomas Clayton to Liverpool, where he became a successful tobacco and sugar merchant. He was Mayor of Liverpool from 1689 to 1690, and then became an alderman of the city.
In the Parliament of England, he served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool from 1698 to 1708. After the Union with Scotland, he was elected as a Liverpool MP to the new House of Commons of Great Britain from 1713 to 1715.