Clayton Howard
{{short description|British make-up artist}}
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| birth_name = Francis Herbert Fish
| birth_date = 8 July 1934
| birth_place = Liverpool, England
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Clayton Howard (8 July 1934 – 24 October 2017) was a British make-up artist.
He was born Francis Herbert Fish on 8 July 1934, in a working-class family in Liverpool, the son of James Fish and Ada Fish née Atkinson.{{cite news|title=Clayton Howard|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/clayton-howard-obituary-866n0pmgz|access-date=4 December 2017|work=The Times|date=29 November 2017}} He would later take the surname of his mother's second husband, Albert Clayton.
Aged 21, he moved to London, worked as a window display manager, and became Clayton Howard. He worked in the evenings with his friend Maxine Grew as a dance duo – he designed the costumes, and she made them.
In the early 1960s, he trained with Max Factor as a make-up artist, and went on to have clients including Lauren Bacall, Princess Anne, Princess Margaret and Princess Michael of Kent.
In November 1980, Howard did the make-up for Lady Diana Spencer (and John Frieda did her hair) for the official portrait that was to appear alongside news of her engagement to Prince Charles.{{cite web|title=Royal Makeup and Cosmetics: Diana, Princess of Wales|url=https://myfrugallady.com/2015/11/15/royal-makeup-and-cosmetics-diana-princess-of-wales/|website=My Frugal Lady|accessdate=4 December 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Powney|first1=Cassie|title=A royal beauty obsession|url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/beauty-hair/beauty-trends/a1733/kate-middleton-follows-diana-as-a-royal-beauty-icon/|accessdate=4 December 2017|work=Cosmopolitan|date=25 July 2012}} He went on to mentor Diana in how to use make-up, and in 1992 published Look Like a Princess.