John Barclay

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John Barclay (Royal Marines officer)

John Barclay (1741–1823) was a British Royal Marines general.

Life

Barclay entered the Marine corps in 1755 as a second lieutenant, and became first lieutenant in 1756. He served throughout the Seven Years' War, at first in the Mediterranean, then in the expedition to Belle Île in 1760, and lastly on the coast of Africa; he was promoted captain in 1762. He served with distinction through the American War of Independence, particularly at the Red Bank and in the mud forts, and was in command of the marines on board the Augusta, when the frigate answered the fire of the forts, and was deserted on being herself set on fire in the Delaware River. For these services he was promoted major by brevet in 1777. He was one of the commanding officers of marines in Rodney's great action with De Grasse, and was after it promoted lieutenant-colonel by brevet in 1783.

Barclay saw no further active service at sea, but was for the next thirty years chiefly employed on the staff of the marines in England. He became major in the marines in 1791, and lieutenant-colonel in the marines, and colonel by brevet in 1794. In 1796 he became major-general, and in 1798 second colonel commandant in his corps. In this capacity he had much to do with the organisation of the marines, and effected many reforms in their uniform and drill. In 1803 he became lieutenant-general and colonel commandant of the marines, and in 1806 resident colonel commandant. He was now practically commander-in-chief of the whole corps under the admiralty, and the universal testimony borne to its good character testifies to the excellence of its organisation, and it must be remembered that not only in the mutinies of Spithead and the Nore, but in all the mutinous manifestations which occurred, the marines proved that they could be depended on to check mutiny among the sailors.

John Barclay (rugby union)

John Barclay born 24 September 1986 in Hong Kong is a Scottish rugby union player for Scarlets in the Pro 12.His position is Openside Flanker.

He attended Dollar Academy where he captained the school's 1st XV to victory against the High School of Dundee in the Bell Lawrie White Scottish Schools Cup final at Murrayfield in 2004. Immediately after leaving school, whilst still only the age of 17, he was invited to train with the Scotland Squad by Matt Williams, the Scotland coach at the time. After Williams departure as head coach Barclay was not picked for the Scotland squad again until the 2007 World Cup after a run of strong performances for club side Glasgow Warriors. He made his debut versus New Zealand in the pool stages in a mainly B side eventually losing 40-0.

After the 2007 World Cup Barclay started to become involved with the Scotland Squad more and became a permanent starter until the end of the 2011 World Cup. During this time he gained wide recognition from many pundits (including Stuart Barnes and Stephen Jones) as one of the top Openside "fetchers" in the game due to his dominance of the breakdown. Most notably his Man of the Match performance in the Scotland victory of the World Champions South Africa at Murrayfield in the 2010 Autumn Internationals and his role in the "Killer Bs" back row (Barclay, Johnnie Beattie and Kelly Brown) during that years 6 Nations when they were regarded as the strongest back-row combination in the championship.