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Joseph Clayton FRHistS (1867–1943) was an English freelance journalist and biographer. A writer of numerous books, he covered areas of trade union and socialist history, but also religious figures and history.[1]
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| Born | 28 April 1867 London, England |
| Died | November 1943 (aged 76) Chipping Campden, England |
| Education | Worcester College, Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, writer |
| Political party | Independent Labour |
Joseph Clayton was born in London 28 April 1867 and attended the North London Collegiate School. He was a Christian socialist as an undergraduate at Worcester College, Oxford, where he was a classmate of Richard Runciman Terry. He became an organiser of the Independent Labour Party (ILP), and supported socialist causes.[2] In 1896 he was an ILP member in Leeds.[3]
He edited The New Age in 1907, successor to Arthur Compton-Rickett,[4] before it was sold to a group backing A. R. Orage and Holbrook Jackson;[5] Clayton knew Orage from the ILP.[6] He was a convert to Roman Catholicism in 1910, and was an organist at Westminster Cathedral. He was a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[7]
Clayton was a contributor to the National Review, The Athenaeum, The Universe, The Bookman, and the Catholic Encyclopedia. He also wrote in support of women's suffrage.[8]
He died at Chipping Campden in November 1943.[9]
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