# Sir Robert Clayton — A Journal of the Plague Year character guide

> Sir Robert Clayton in A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Robert

**First appearance:** 0001-a-journal-of-the-plague-year

## Who they are

A wealthy merchant and Lord Mayor of London during the plague.

## Relationships

### [John Hayward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_journal_of_the_plague_year_se/characters/john_hayward)

_professional_

John Hayward and Sir Robert Clayton work together on administrative and financial responses to the plague.

### [A Doctor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_journal_of_the_plague_year_se/characters/a_doctor)

_professional_

A doctor and Sir Robert Clayton confer on public health policy and the medical response to the epidemic.

### [John Hayward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_journal_of_the_plague_year_se/characters/john_hayward)

_professional_

John Hayward and Sir Robert Clayton work together on administrative and financial responses to the plague.

## Links

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