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William Clayton Clayton,

Captain, 9th Queen’s Own Royal Lancers.

Born April 23rd, 1839.

Killed while playing polo at Delhi, India, Dec., 1876.

Oh, the merry laughing comrade,

Oh, the true and kindly friend,

Growing hopes and lofty courage,

Love and life and this the end!

He the young and strong who cherished

Noble longings for the strife,

By the roadside fell and perished,

Weary with the March of Life.

So great was the feeling of loss at his death that old friends, Harrovians, soldiers, and indeed those of all classes who knew him, wished to do something to perpetuate his name, and decided to found a scholarship. Subscriptions flowed in, and in 1881 the Clayton Scholarship was founded, valued £40 a year, tenable for three years at Harrow School.

Lasting affection of this kind is not inspired by any but good men, and speaks better for the character of the individual than any words of mine, for words are poor impotent things. England, prolific though she be in men of courage and manliness, can ill spare one of her sons when of the nature of Captain Clayton, whose influence was everywhere for good.