Henry Clay (economist)

Sir Henry Clay (9 May 1883 – 30 July 1954) was a British economist and Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford.

Clay was educated at the Bradford Grammar School and University College, Oxford.

In 1917 Clay helped found the Romney Street Group, a think tank which aimed to generate policies on post-war reconstruction.

In 1944, he became Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford, in succession to Harold Butler, and retired in 1949.

The foundation stone of Nuffield College was laid in 1949, shortly before his retirement as Warden.