Joseph Gurney Barclay FRAS was the son of Robert and Elizabeth Barclay. Joseph Gurney Barclay followed the banking profession for more than fifty years. In his later career he was head of the Barclay & Bevan bank and retired at the age of 80 when his bank amalgamated with others into a limited company in 1896, becoming Barclays. He was also a life member of the Meteorological Society.
- Occupation
- astronomer, banker
- Born
- October 24, 1816, 1816
- Died
- 1898
