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|Dates=1680s-1697
|Location=London
|Vocation=Army officer
|Place of Birth=Kincardineshire?
|Marriage=Anne
|Issue=Alexander, George
|Source=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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Possibly adopted Catholicism to pursue military career in the foreign service. Received first commission in 1685, becoming a major in the new English regiment (14th foot). Knighted sometime between 1687-88. Sought to follow James to France with fellow Jacobites, but taken ill in London. 
1689-91, had significant dealings with the highland clans.
1695-6 was in France with James who ordered him to secretly cross to London and help organise a rising. Lived in London in disguise, frequently changing lodgings. Plot failed, though Barcaly remained in London until 1697.