Edward Exton Barclay

Edward Exton Barclay JP (16 February 1860 – 4 March 1948) was an English gentleman and foxhunter.

[2] He was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge (BA 1882, MA 1885)[3] He was a partner in Barclays Bank from 1886 to 1896.

[3] In Who's Who he listed his career as "Lord of the Manor" (of Brent Pelham Hall).

[4] He married Elizabeth Mary Fowler, daughter of the MP William Fowler, they had two sons (Geoffrey William Barclay MC (4 December 1891 – 28 July 1916 killed in action WW1)[5] and the aforementioned Maurice Edward Barclay CBE (1886-1962) and a daughter.

The inscription chosen by the next-of-kin for Geoffrey's headstone in Belgium was: "UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY".

Photograph of Barclay in hunting regalia, with signature, from *Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes* , March 1898 edition.