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==Members== Members of the Clapham Sect, and those associated with them, included:<ref>David Spring, "The Clapham Sect: Some Social and Political Aspects." Victorian Studies 5#1 (1961): 35β48.</ref> * [[Thomas Fowell Buxton]] (1786β1845), leader of the movement for the abolition of slavery, MP for [[Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (UK Parliament constituency)|Weymouth and Melcombe Regis]] and brewer * [[William Dealtry]] (1775β1847), Rector of Holy Trinity Church, [[Clapham]], mathematician * [[Edward James Eliot]] (1758β97), MP for [[St Germans (UK Parliament constituency)|St Germans]] and [[Liskeard (UK Parliament constituency)|Liskeard]] * Samuel Gardiner (1755-1827) and his wife Mary Boddam of Coombe Lodge, [[Whitchurch-on-Thames]] * [[Thomas Gisborne]] (1758β1846), [[Prebendary]] of [[Durham Cathedral]] and author * [[Charles Grant (British East India Company)|Charles Grant]] (1746β1823), [[Administrator of the government|administrator]], chairman of the directors of the [[British East India Company]], father of the first [[Lord Glenelg]] * [[Zachary Macaulay]] (1768β1838), estate manager, [[governor]] of [[Sierra Leone]], father of [[Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay|Thomas Babington Macaulay]] * [[Hannah More]] (1745β1833), [[bluestocking]], playwright, religious writer and philanthropist * [[Granville Sharp]] (1735β1813), campaigner for social justice, scholar and administrator * [[Charles Simeon]] (1759β1836), Anglican cleric, minister of [[Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge]], promoter of [[Christian mission|missions]] * [[William Smith (abolitionist)|William Smith]] (1756β1835), MP for [[Sudbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Sudbury]] and [[Norwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwich]] * [[James Stephen (British politician)|James Stephen]] (1758β1832), [[Master (judiciary)|Master]] of [[Court of Chancery|Chancery]], great-grandfather of [[Virginia Woolf]] * [[John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth|Lord Teignmouth]] (1751β1834), [[Governor-general]] of [[India]] * [[John Thornton (philanthropist)|John Thornton]] (1720-1790), prominent Clapham resident, philanthropist and founder member of the group * [[Henry Thornton (abolitionist)|Henry Thornton]] (1760β1815), economist, banker, philanthropist, [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Southwark (UK Parliament constituency)|Southwark]], son of [[John Thornton (philanthropist)|John Thornton]] and great-grandfather of writer [[E.M. Forster]] * [[Marianne Thornton]] (1797-1887), daughter of [[Henry Thornton (reformer)|Henry Thornton]] * [[Henry Venn (Clapham Sect)|Henry Venn]] (1725β97), curate of Holy Trinity Church, [[Clapham]], and founder of the group, father of [[John Venn (priest)]] and great-grandfather of [[John Venn]] (originator of the [[Venn diagram]]) * [[John Venn (priest)|John Venn]] (1759β1813), Rector of Holy Trinity Church, Clapham * [[William Wilberforce]] (1759β1833), [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] for [[Kingston upon Hull (UK Parliament constituency)|Kingston upon Hull]], [[Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Yorkshire]] and [[Bramber (UK Parliament constituency)|Bramber]], [[abolitionist]], and leader of the campaign against the [[History of slavery|slave trade]]
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