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.