abstract:Sir William Barclay Peat (1852 - 1936) was born on the 15th February 1852 in Forebank St Cyrus, Kincardine, Scotland. He was the second son of James Peat and Margaret Barclay (of the banking family that built Barclays Bank, one of England's largest).
His father was a Privy Purse auditor, as was his great-grandfather WilliamBarclayPeat, who was a founding partner of the accountancy firm Peat Marwick, now KPMG, where Sir Michael was previously a partner.