Editing David and Frederick Barclay (section)

{{short description|British businessmen; twin brothers (born 1934)}}
{{redirect|Frederick Barclay|the New Zealand cricketer|Frederick Barclay (cricketer)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name         = Sir David Barclay<br />and<br />Sir Frederick Barclay
| image        = Brecqhou - Barclay Brothers Castle.jpg
| caption      = [[Brecqhou]] – Barclay brothers' castle
| birth_date   = '''David:''' David Rowat Barclay<br />{{Birth date|1934|10|27|df=y}}<hr />'''Frederick:''' Frederick Hugh Barclay<br />{{Birth date and age|1934|10|27|df=y}}<br />[[Hammersmith]], London, England
| death_date   = '''David:''' {{Death date and age|2021|1|10|1934|10|27|df=y}}
| occupation   = Businessmen
}}

'''Sir David Rowat Barclay''' (27 October 1934 – 10 January 2021) and '''Sir Frederick Hugh Barclay''' (born 27 October 1934),<ref name="The Guardian – Barclay Brothers">{{cite news |author=Robinson, James |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/dec/14/barclay-brothers-sark-telegraph-media-group |title=The raiders of the lost Sark |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=14 December 2008 |access-date=15 January 2014}}</ref> commonly referred to as the "'''Barclay Brothers'''" or "'''Barclay Twins'''", were British billionaire brothers, of whom Frederick Barclay is now the sole survivor. They were [[identical twin|identical twins]] and, until David's death in 2021, had joint business interests primarily in media, retail and property.

[[Sunday Times Rich List|''The Sunday Times'' Rich List]] of 2020 estimated their wealth at £7&nbsp;billion.<ref name="auto">{{cite news|date=17 May 2020|title=The Sunday Times Rich List|work=The Sunday Times|editor1=Watts, Robert|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> They earned a reputation for avoiding publicity and have often been described as reclusive.

David's son, Aidan, manages their UK businesses. Their businesses have been accused of [[tax avoidance]], by placing assets under ownership of companies registered abroad and controlled through trusts. Their [[Press Holdings]] company owns ''[[Apollo (magazine)|Apollo]]'' and ''[[The Spectator (1828)|The Spectator]]'' magazines and, through a wholly owned subsidiary (Press Acquisitions Limited), they also own [[Telegraph Media Group|Telegraph Group Limited]], parent company of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' and ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071212115249/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/pressoffice/main.jhtml;jsessionid=RV1Z1QYUYHV0ZQFIQMFSFFWAVCBQ0IV0?view=DISPLAYCONTENT&grid=P8&menuId=-1&menuItemId=-1&_requestid=148402 The Telegraph Press office]</ref>

In 1993, the brothers bought the lease of the island of [[Brecqhou]], one of the smallest of the [[Channel Islands]], just off the coast of [[Sark]].