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David Barclay of Cheapside

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Scottish merchant and banker (1682–1769)

David Barclay of Cheapside (1682–1769) was a Scottish merchant and banker.[1]

He was the second son ofRobert Barclay, the ScottishQuaker writer, and was active in the Society of Friends. An apprentice in London in 1698, he became a leadinglinen merchant. Involved in banking through a family connection withJohn Freame, father of his second wife, Barclay was not directly concerned with the firm that much later becameBarclays Bank; but two of his sons were, John andDavid Barclay of Youngsbury, who famouslymanumitted his slaves.[1]

In 1761 he played host to the newly married KingGeorge III andQueen Charlotte, who came and watched theLord Mayor's procession from the balcony of his house, which had been hung with crimson silk damask for the occasion.[2][3] He had previously similarly entertained bothGeorge I (1714) andGeorge II (1727).[1]

Success in business brought Barclay a fortune of £100,000 at his death.[4] He lived oppositeSt Mary-le-Bow, and was noted for his hospitality to Quaker ministers.[5]

Family

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Barclay had 14 children: six (two sons and four daughters) by his first marriage to Anne Taylor (died 1720), and eight (two sons and four daughters) by his second wife Priscilla Freame, daughter of John Freame, whom he married in 1723.[1][6]By his first marriage:

  • His eldest son James married Susan Freame, sister to his stepmother Priscilla, and joined the Freame bank.[4]

By his second marriage:

Notes

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  1. ^abcdDickson, P. G. M. "Barclay, David".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37149. (Subscription orUK public library membership required.)
  2. ^Walter Thornbury (1878),Old and New London, vol 1s.v.Cheapside: Shows and pageants
  3. ^John June (1761),A view of Cheapside as it appeared on Lord Mayor's Day last (print), British Museum collection
  4. ^abMargaret Ackrill;Leslie Hannah (2001).Barclays: The Business of Banking, 1690-1996. Cambridge University Press. pp. 15–6.ISBN 978-0-521-79035-2.
  5. ^Rebecca Larson (1 September 2000).Daughters of Light: Quaker Women Preaching and Prophesying in the Colonies and Abroad, 1700-1775. UNC Press Books. p. 122.ISBN 978-0-8078-4897-5.
  6. ^Hannah, Leslie. "Freame, John".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/47419. (Subscription orUK public library membership required.)
  7. ^Humphrey Lloyd (5 November 2013).Quaker Lloyds in the Industrial Revolution. Routledge. p. 186.ISBN 978-1-136-60575-8. Retrieved6 August 2015.
  8. ^"Barclay Allardice, Robert (1732-97), of Urie, Kincardine".History of Parliament Online. Retrieved31 January 2015.
  9. ^Karl Pearson (2 June 2011).The Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton. Cambridge University Press. p. xv.ISBN 978-1-108-07240-3.
  10. ^SirBernard Burke (1862)."David Barclay".A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. Harrison. p. 52.
  11. ^Gil Skidmore (2003).Strength in Weakness: Writings of Eighteenth-century Quaker Women. Rowman Altamira. p. 103.ISBN 978-0-7591-0521-8.
  12. ^Schaffer, Simon. "Watson, Sir William".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28875. (Subscription orUK public library membership required.)
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