Family
Clay married Anne Stroud in 1969, and they had three daughters.
He is a cousin of the late Edward Hartley Clay, inventor of the infinitely variable gear which resides in the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, and designer of an early prototype portable building used by Holst and Co, which Mr Clay showed to the instigator of the Portakabin.
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