Arthur Kett Barclay
1806–69
Brewer. Head of Barclay, Perkins & Co., brewers. Built an observatory at Bury Hill near Dorking, Surrey, 1848. Paralysed, 1855. Grandson of Robert Barclay (1751–1830), who established a large collection of exotic plants in the gardens at Bury Hill. FRS 1852.
Sources
Burke’s landed gentry
R. Desmond 1994 s.v. Barclay, Robert
Modern English biography.
Bibliography
Burke’s landed gentry: A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank but unvisited with heritable honours. Burke’s genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry. By John Burke et al. 1st–18th edition. London: Henry Colburn [and others]. 1833–1969.
Desmond, Ray. 1994. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. New edition, revised with the assistance of Christine Ellwood. London: Taylor & Francis and the Natural History Museum. Bristol, Pa.: Taylor & Francis.
Modern English biography: Modern English biography, containing many thousand concise memoirs of persons who have died since the year 1850. By Frederick Boase. 3 vols. and supplement (3 vols.). Truro, Cornwall: the author. 1892–1921.
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