Background
Barclay was the fourth son of Robert Barclay of High Leigh and the grandson of Joseph Gurney Barclay, an astronomer.
Barclay was the fourth son of Robert Barclay of High Leigh and the grandson of Joseph Gurney Barclay, an astronomer.
He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge University.
He entered the family bank (Barclay"s Bank), but left in 1908 to become a missionary to Japan. He returned to Britain in 1926 to work for the Church Missionary Society. An obituary written by the Bishop of Worcester, Robin Woods was published in The Times.