Robert Barclay

Robert Barclay
2nd Governor of East Jersey
In office
September 1682 – 3 October 1690
DeputyThomas Rudyard, Gawen Lawrie, Lord Neill Campbell, Andrew Hamilton
Preceded byPhilip Carteret
Succeeded byEdmund Andros (Dominion of New England)
Personal details
Born(1648-12-23)23 December 1648
Died3 October 1690(1690-10-03) (aged 41)
Ury House, Kincardineshire
NationalityScottish
SpouseChristian Molleson
ChildrenRobert, Patience, Catherine, Jane, Christian, David, John
Alma materScots College, Paris
OccupationWriter, apologist, politician
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Robert Barclay (23 December 1648 – 3 October 1690) was a Scottish Quaker, one of the most eminent writers belonging to the Religious Society of Friends and a member of the Clan Barclay. He was a son of Col. David Barclay, Laird of Urie, and his wife, Lady Katherine Barclay. Although he himself never lived there, Barclay was titular governor of the East Jersey colony in North America[1] through most of the 1680s.

  1. ^ David Crystal, editor, The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia, Cambridge University Press, 1994, p. 73: "He became one of the proprietors of East New Jersey in 1682, and was appointed its nominal nonresident governor."