[7] In the week preceding 19 July 1862, Clapcott had been appointed as a Justice of the Peace for the Otago Province.
[9] On 10 December 1864 it was announced that Clapcott had become one of the trustees of the Dunedin Savings Bank along with William Mason, after the resignation of T. S. Forsaith and the leaving of the country by George Duncan.
[13] He originally had his name forward as a candidate at the April 1865 Bruce parliamentary by-election, but supporters of him withdrew his nomination three days before the election.
Clapcott resigned from the provincial council on 16 August 1865;[11] it was rumoured that this was brought about by a mixture of personal affairs, and the mocking he received while standing for the role as superintendent.
[21] Clapcott died, aged 67, on 19 September 1897 in Newington, Dunedin, which is today part of the suburb of Maori Hill.