William Cecil Clayton "Tarzan" (1999) presents a "Clayton" character who owes little to William Cecil Clayton but his name, being more a conflation of the earlier films' Holt (in his explorer aspect) and the novels' Rokoff (in his villainous aspect). William Cecil Clayton William Cecil Clayton is a recurring fictional character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's series of Tarzan novels and in adaptations of the saga to other media, particularly comics. William Cecil Clayton is a paternal cousin of John Clayton (Tarzan), whom he much resembles, and holder of the title of Lord Greystoke to which the latter is rightful heir. William serves as
John Clayton Cowell John Clayton Cowell Major-General Sir John Clayton Cowell PC KCB (1832–1894) was a British Army officer and later Master of the Queen's Household and lieutenant-governor of Windsor Castle. Clayton was born at Bean, near Canterbury, in 1832 the son of John Clayton Cowell and Frances Ann Hester, daughter of the Rev. Richard Brickenden. He was educated at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. In 1850 he joined the Royal Engineers, he served with the Baltic fleet and at Crimea, where he was aide-de-camp to General Sir Harry Jones. Clayton returned to England and from 1856 to 1866 he became governor