John Clayton (born c. 1620) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.
[1] He was admitted at Clare College, Cambridge on 18 June 1638 and matriculated in 1639.
In 1643, he was a captain of foot in the Parliamentary army and took the colours of Sir William Savile in the capture of Leeds.
The last evidence of him is in 1694 when he complained to the benchers of his Inn about his chambers, which had been sublet to a "blackamoor".
[1] Clayton was unmarried and over 50 on the death of his father in 1671 and had to marry within three years to inherit.