Charles Clayton (13 July 1813 – 18 October 1883) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman. The son of Robert Clayton, he was born at Cambridge in July 1813. He was educated at The Perse School, before going up to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1832. He gained his bachelors degree in 1836, with Clayton being a recipient of the Browne Medal in 1833 and 1834. He remained at Cambridge to study for his masters degree, during which time he became a fellow of the college. He was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon at Salisbury in 1837, before becoming a priest at Rochester in 1838. Clayton graduated from Cambridge in 1839, returning to Cambridge to lecture on Hebrew language in 1842; concurrently he was the curate of St John's, Rochester until 1845, with his lecturin