Background
Barclay was the son of David Barclay of Eastwick Park, Leatherhead and his wife Maria Dorothea Williamson, daughter of Sir Hedworth Williamson, 7th Baronet.
Barclay was the son of David Barclay of Eastwick Park, Leatherhead and his wife Maria Dorothea Williamson, daughter of Sir Hedworth Williamson, 7th Baronet.
Harrow School; Trinity College.
His father was Member of Parliament for Penryn and for Sunderland. He was educated at Harrow School and at Trinity College, Cambridge. Although he was admitted at the Inner Temple on 25 April 1850, he was not called to the Barometer
Barclay stood unsuccessfully for parliament at Taunton at a by-election in August 1859.
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He was a member of the brewing firm of Barclay, Perkins and Company
He also owned race horses.
At the 1865 general election Barclay was elected as a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Taunton, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1880 general election.