Arthur Kett Barclay FRS, FRAS, FRGS, FGS (Bury Hill, Derbyshire, 20 June 1806 – 20 November 1869, Bury Hill, Dorking, Surrey) was a member of the Meteorological Society.

Barclay attended Harrow School after a period of private tutoring. At the age of twenty (in 1826) he joined Barclay, Perkins & Co. brewers of Southwark, London. He travelled through Europe between 1829 and 1833.^[1]

Arthur married Maria Octavia Wright (ca. 1806–??) on an unknown date and had the following children.

• Robert Barclay (1837–1913)
• Reverend Charles Wright Barclay (1853–1926)

In 1848 Arthur Kett Barclay built his own astronomical observatory at Bury Hill, Dorking, Surrey. The revolving dome was made by Ransomes & May of Ipswich and the eight-inch (203mm) aperture refracting telescope was by Troughton & Simms of London^[1]

Barclay supported the Conservative Party, but "would never consent to be brought forward as a candidate". He was also a magistrate and deputy lieutenant for the county of Surrey.^[1]

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• Fellow of the Geological Society from 1827
• Master of the Worshipful Company of Brewers in 1840
• Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society from 1840
• Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1845
• Member of the Meteorological Society from 1850
• Fellow of the Royal Society from 1852

• Dorking: Bury Hill and the Barclays