William Barclay Peat (1852-1936)

Sir William Barclay Peat CVO (15 February 1852 – 24 January 1936) was an accountant and one of the founders of KPMG.

Career

Peat born in Forebank, St Cyrus, Kincardine, Scotland. He was the second son of James Peat and Margaret Barclay (of the banking family that built Barclays, one of England's largest banks).[1] Peat studied at Montrose Academy in Scotland, and was then apprenticed to a local solicitor but he did not enter the legal profession.[2] Instead, he moved to London in 1870 and was hired as a junior accounting clerk for a London firm, becoming a partner in 1876.[1]

Peat became senior partner of the firm, which was renamed William Barclay Peat & Company, in 1891.[1] He was knighted in 1912.[2][3] The senior partner of the firm was selected from the Peat family for some 75 years.[4]

Peat died in 1936.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Who were K, P, M and G?" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Carnegie, Garry (2004). "Peat, Sir William Barclay". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/47705. Retrieved 14 December 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ "Sir William Barclay Peat". KPMG Hungary. Archived from the original on 4 February 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  4. ^ White, Roger (2003). Peats to KPMG - Gracious Family to Global Firm. Bradell.
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