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Sir Colville Barclay, 14th Baronet

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and in many other places. A number of his artworks were purchased by public galleries, although he had no necessity to sell. It was not until he was in his nineties that Barclay claimed that he had finally been able to paint in the manner he wished.
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Barclay married Rosamund Elliott in 1949 and had three children. Following his death on 1 September 2010, his baronetcy passed to his eldest son.
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Aside from his art and business interests, Barclay was a keen botanist, his work focusing initially on the island of
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in 1986. He collected many plants in the course of his research and as a result was asked by
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In Search of Flowers. Published by Michael Joseph, Patrick Millington Synge (1973)
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and taking commissions to obtain plant samples from across the world for the
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but later from many countries around the globe including Nepal with
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operations along the French coast, and left the Navy in 1946 as a
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after the death of his uncle, Sir Robert Barclay, 13th Baronet.
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In 1937 Barclay joined the diplomatic corps before joining the
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Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II
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amphibious landings
commando
Second World War
Royal Academy
Crete
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
London
Sir Colville Adrian de Rune Barclay
Herbert Ward
Eton College
Trinity College, Oxford
PPE
Ruskin School of Art
Barclay baronetcy
RNVR
Second World War
commando
lieutenant commander
Denham
Pitshill
Petworth
Royal Academy
Crete
Desmond Meikle
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Turkey
Patrick Synge
Royal Homeopathic Hospital

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