Editing David and Frederick Barclay (section)

==Biography==
The Barclay brothers were born within ten minutes of each other in [[Hammersmith]], London, to Scottish parents Beatrice Cecilia (née Taylor; died 1989) and her husband, Frederick Hugh Barclay, a travelling salesman.<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile: The Barclay brothers: Trappist twin tycoons let money do their talking |url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/profile-the-barclay-brothers-trappist-twin-tycoons-let-money-do-their-talking-kcqv28pbqjh |website=The Times |access-date=15 November 2021 |date=25 January 2004}}</ref><ref name="passion">{{cite web |last1=Nugent |first1=Helen |title=Is a bankrupt brother the secret behind Barclays' passion for privacy and success? |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/is-a-bankrupt-brother-the-secret-behind-barclays-passion-for-privacy-and-success-7zxf2x32dsm |website=The Times |access-date=15 November 2021 |date=18 August 2004}}</ref> The couple had eight other children. Frederick Sr. died when the brothers were twelve years old, and they left school four years later in 1950 to work in the accounts department at the [[The General Electric Company plc|General Electric Company]] before setting up as painters and decorators.<ref name="The Guardian – Barclay Brothers"/>

In 1955, David married Zoe Newton, who had trained as a ballet dancer, at [[List of churches in the Diocese of London#Deanery of Kensington|St John the Baptist Church, Holland Road, Kensington]].<ref name="passion"/> Zoe Barclay pursued a modelling career and became the most photographed and highest paid model in Britain of her time,<ref>{{cite web |title=Barclay brothers come out of purdah with biography |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/barclay-brothers-come-out-of-purdah-with-biography-228cn5r2226 |website=The Times |access-date=15 November 2021 |date=3 August 2003}}</ref> appearing on the front of popular magazines such as ''[[Picturegoer]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.picturegoer.net/ZoeNewtonFeb57.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010413195221/http://www.picturegoer.net/ZoeNewtonFeb57.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 April 2001 |title=Picturegoer – 1957 |publisher=Picturegoer.net |access-date=15 January 2014 }}</ref> She appeared on television and in the Dairy Council advertisements as the "drinka pinta milka day" girl.<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Steve%27s+collection+takes+a+%27lotta+bottle-a0135598406 "Milk Bottle Museum"], ''The Birmingham Post'' (archived at thefreelibrary.com)</ref>

By the end of the 1950s, the brothers were running Candy Corner, tobacconists and confectioners, on the edge of Kensington. However, in November 1960 the business folded when Frederick and Douglas{{clarify|who?|date=February 2015}} were made bankrupt at the High Court after their landlord seized the shop because they were in breach of the terms of the lease.<ref name="passion"/> A notice in the ''[[London Gazette]]'' at that time announced the bankruptcies, listing a former business interest of Frederick, then aged 26, and Douglas, two years his junior, as builders and decorators called Barclay Brothers based at the Barclay family home.

Meanwhile, David was registered as a director of Hillgate Estate Agents in 1962, with his wife Zoe as a co-director; she had given up her modelling career to concentrate on her young sons. By 1968, however, Frederick was running the family businesses, replacing Zoe on the Hillgate board. He had obtained the discharge of his bankruptcy after David paid the creditors. During this time they redeveloped old boarding houses in London, and made them into hotels.<ref name="passion"/>

Between 1968 and 1974, the twins received increasingly large loans from the [[Crown Agents]], a government agency designed to help the colonies and developing countries do business in Britain. In 1970, they bought Gestplan Hotels, which operated the [[Londonderry House|Londonderry House Hotel]] in Park Lane, from a group of Lebanese bankers.

In the mid-1970s, Frederick met and married Hiroko Asada (née Kuzusaka), a familiar figure among Japanese society in London; she had a son from her previous marriage.<ref name="passion"/>

From the late 1960s onwards, the Barclay brothers continued to build up stakes in businesses such as breweries and casinos. In 1975, they bought the Howard Hotel, overlooking the [[River Thames|Thames]] at [[Temple Place]]. In 1983, they bought [[Ellerman Lines|Ellerman]], the brewing and shipping group, for £45m. They later sold its brewing division for £240m. They used the proceeds to buy the [[The Ritz London Hotel|Ritz Hotel]] in London's [[Piccadilly]] in 1995. They spent £370&nbsp;million on [[Gotaas-Larsen]], a [[Bermuda]]-based shipping company, and £200&nbsp;million on the Automotive Financial Group, a motor retail chain in 1994. The brothers were involved in philanthropy, and were knighted in 2000 for their support of medical research, to which they have donated an estimated £40&nbsp;million between 1987 and 2000.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1372633/Barclay-twins-knighted-in-double-dubbing.html "Barclay twins knighted in 'double dubbing'"], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 1 November 2000.</ref>

In 2004 they were listed in 42nd place with an estimate of £750&nbsp;million on [[Sunday Times Rich List|''The Sunday Times'' Rich List]], and in 2006 they were ranked 24th with a value of £1,800m.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist/fullSearch/0,,2006-1-0,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070328061620/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist/fullSearch/0,,2006-1-0,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 March 2007 |title=The Times Rich List, 2006|work=The Times |date=3 November 2013 |access-date=15 January 2014}}</ref> In 2012, they topped the Media Rich List with an estimate of £2.25&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sweney|first=Mark|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/apr/25/barclay-brothers-sunday-times-rich-publishing|title=Barclay brothers top ''Sunday Times'' Rich List in publishing and advertising|work=The Guardian|date=25 April 2012|access-date=24 February 2020}}</ref>

David died on 10 January 2021, after a short illness.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/01/12/sir-david-barclay-telegraph-owner-twin-frederick-built-vast/|title=Sir David Barclay, Telegraph owner who with his twin Frederick built a vast business empire – obituary|work=The Telegraph|date=12 January 2021|access-date=13 January 2021}}</ref>

In May 2021, the court ordered Frederick to pay his wife, Hiroko, £100 million on a divorce she had initiated; the judge criticised Frederick for selling a yacht contrary to court orders. The court said he had "completely ignored those orders, sold the yacht, and applied the equity for his own use. I regarded that behaviour as reprehensible" ... "[He] is a public figure who should have been aware of the potential consequences of disobedience of court orders and his behaviour in the proceedings should not be allowed to pass completely under the radar”.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/2feb5313-84ac-436a-8f57-d425fbf302a8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/2feb5313-84ac-436a-8f57-d425fbf302a8 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-status=live|title=Frederick Barclay told to pay ex-wife £100m after divorce battle|first=Jane|last=Croft|date=5 May 2021|newspaper=[[The Financial Times]]|url-access=subscription}}</ref> On 28 July 2022, a high court judge ruled that Frederick's ex-wife of 34 years had failed to prove he was in contempt of court for not paying her a £100 million divorce settlement. However, he was told he faced a potential jail sentence after a judge found him in contempt of court for failing to pay his ex-wife £245,000 in legal fees and monthly maintenance costs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/jul/28/frederick-barclay-could-face-jail-over-failed-payments-to-ex-wife|title=Frederick Barclay could face jail over failed payments to ex-wife|work=The Guardian|date=28 July 2022|accessdate=28 July 2022}}</ref>