Thomas Barclay (economic writer)
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Sir Thomas Barclay LL.D., Ph.D. (20 February 1853 – 20 January 1941) was a distinguished authority on International Law, a writer on economic subjects and a British Liberal politician.
Barclay was born at Dunfermline in 1853, the eldest son of George Barclay, LL.D. of Cupar. 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.[1]
A former Liberal Unionist, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackburn (UK Parliament constituency) between the two general elections of 1910. He was also a deputy Chairman of the International Law Association.[2] From 1899 to 1900 he headed the British Chamber of commerce and economic work in France involving that helped lead to the Entente cordiale[3] For these works he would be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1923, 1925, and 1928.[4]
Barclay was knighted in the birthday honours of 1904.[5] He was married to Marie Thérèse Teuscher, the translator of Villiers de l'Isle Adam's "La Révolte", with whom he had three children.[1]
References
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- ↑ Nobel Peace Prize nomination database
- ↑ French diplomacy and the Balkans, 1900-1914 by Rondel Van Davidson BA
- ↑ Results for Thomas Barclay at the Nobel Peace Prize database
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- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Thomas Barclay
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Blackburn Jan. 1910–Dec. 1910 With: Philip Snowden |
Succeeded by Philip Snowden and John Duckworth |
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