Sir Thomas Barclay (20 February 1853 – 20 January 1941) was a distinguished authority on International Law, a writer on economic subjects and a British

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politician. Barclay was born at Dunfermline in 1853, the eldest son of George Barclay of

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. He was educated at Cupar Academy, the College of Dunkirk, the Johanneum Classical School, Hamburg, University College, London, and the Universities of Paris and Jena. Initially he followed his father's footsteps in being a journalist for ''The Times'' having written articles for various newspapers from 1876 and he was posted to their Paris office. When he was called to the bar in 1881, he then devoted himself to a legal practice. A former

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, he was a

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(MP) for

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between the two general elections of 1910 ( January and

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). He was also a deputy Chairman of the

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. From 1899 to 1900 he headed the British Chamber of commerce and economic work in France involving that helped lead to the

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For these works he would be nominated for the

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in 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1923, 1925, and 1928. Barclay was knighted in the birthday honours of 1904. He was married to Marie Thérèse Teuscher, the translator of

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's "La Révolte"; the couple had three children.

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1853 births 1941 deaths International law scholars Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1910 Alumni of University College London Politicians from Dunfermline Liberal Unionist Party parliamentary candidates {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub