Alexander Charles Barclay (1823 – 10 January 1893) was an English brewer and

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politician who sat in the

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from 1865 to 1880. Barclay was the son of David Barclay of Eastwick Park, Leatherhead and his wife Maria Dorothea Williamson, daughter of

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. His father was M.P. for Penryn and for Sunderland.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870
/ref> He was educated at

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and at

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. Although he was admitted at the

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on 25 April 1850, he was not called to the bar. He was a member of the brewing firm of Barclay, Perkins and Co. He also owned race horses. Barclay stood unsuccessfully for parliament at

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at a by-election in August 1859. At the 1865 general election Barclay was elected as a

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(MP) for Taunton, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1880 general election. Barclay lived at Scraptoft Hall, Leicestershire and died unmarried at the age of 69.

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* 1823 births 1893 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge British racehorse owners and breeders English brewers Members of the Inner Temple 19th-century English businesspeople {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub