William Chaytor (1771 – 1847), an industrialist and Whig politician who served as MP for Richmond in the first Reform Parliament, was created a baronet of Croft in the County of York and of Witton Castle in the County of Durham, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 September 1831. He built Clervaux Castle on the manor of Croft. He was son of William Chaytor of Croft and Spenningthorne, Member of Parliament for Hedon (UK Parliament constituency), Recorder of Richmond and Vice-Lieutenant for the North Riding of Yorkshire; his great-grandfather, Henry Chaytor (c. 1638 – 1719) was brother to Sir William Chaytor, 1st Baronet of the first creation.