William Barclay Peat

Sir William Barclay Peat CVO (15 February 1852 – 24 January 1936) was an accountant and one of the founders of KPMG.

Peat born in Forebank, St Cyrus, Kincardine, Scotland.

He was the second son of James Peat and Margaret Barclay (of the banking family that built Barclays, one of England's largest banks).

[1] Peat studied at Montrose Academy in Scotland, and was then apprenticed to a local solicitor but he did not enter the legal profession.

[2][3] The senior partner of the firm was selected from the Peat family for some 75 years.