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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. [Sess. 
He was chosen as a representative of the Treasury on the Harbour and 
Dock Commission under its old constitution, and was a governor of Watt’s 
Hospital. 
In Edinburgh he held, among other important directorships, that of the 
Bank of Scotland ; and on the death of the manager, David Davidson — a 
Fellow of the Royal Society — he contributed an obituary notice of him to 
the Society’s Proceedings. 
As a citizen of Edinburgh he never spared himself time or trouble for 
the common good. Reference need only be made here to one of the many 
charities with which he was associated. In the minutes of our Sick 
Children’s Hospital his part in its creation is thus recorded : 
“ When in 1859 a scheme was set on foot for the founding of a Sick 
Children’s Hospital no one threw himself more earnestly into the proposal 
than Mr Barclay. He supported the claims of such an hospital to sympathy 
and support by admirable letters to the press, and by a very handsome 
donation he became its^rs^ contributor 
In 1850 he married his cousin Elizabeth Berry, a woman of strong 
character and boundless hospitality, who predeceased him in 1896. 
To the last day of his life George Barclay retained his balanced judgment, 
his warmth of feeling, and his keen sense of humour, even as he retained 
unaltered the virile ring of his sympathetic voice. 
Those who knew him will remember him as a delightful companion, a 
wise counsellor, a loyal friend, a just man. 
