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Arthur Farquhar KCB (1815 - 1908)

V-Adm. Sir Arthur Farquhar KCB aka of Drumnagesk
Born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdommap
Son of and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 14 Jan 1851 in Hove, Sussex, England, United Kingdommap
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Died at age 93 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdommap
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Biography

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Arthur was born in 1815, in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. He was the son of proud Scot Admiral Sir Arthur Farquhar KCH CB and Jane Murray.

He joined the Royal Navy in 1829 and was promoted to Captain in 1849. He commanded HMS Albatross, HMS Malacca, HMS Victory, HMS Hannibal, HMS Hogue and HMS Lion. In the course of his career he served as Commander in Chief, Pacific Station and Commander in Chief, Plymouth. He was also made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.

In 1851 he married Ellen Rickman.[1] They had 9 sons and 4 daughters:

  • Ellen Phillippa Mary Farquhar 1852–1886 • m. Capt Robert Townley Caldwell
  • Jane Gertrude Farquhar 1854–1935 • died unmarried
  • Arthur Murray Farquhar 1855–1937 • m. Eva McNeill
  • Adeline Farquhar 1857–1937 • m. Edmund Tudor St John
  • Richard Bowles Farquhar 1859–1948 • m. Mary Reade
  • William Rickman Farquhar 1860–1952 • m. Marion Peck, 3 children
  • Col. Mowbray Gore Farquhar 1862–1948 • unmarried as of 1911
  • Albert Farquhar 1864–1935 • m. Alice Jane Nicol, 2 children
  • Alice Farquhar 1864–1947 • m. James Augustine Harvey Thursby- Pelham (grandson of Henry, through Walter), 3 children
  • Stuart St John Farquhar 1865–1941 • m. Marguerite Ada Gilbey Riviere, daughter Lorna
  • Charles Gordon Darroch Farquhar 1867–1946 • m. Leila Dorothy Stainier, 4 children
  • James Brooke Farquhar 1868–1961 • m. Theodora Humphrys
  • Hobart Brooks Farquhar 1874–1916 • m. Ida Violet Wolfe-Barry (daughter of Sir John, 3 children

The census for that year shows him in Steyning, Sussex.[2]

Arthur retired from the Navy in 1880.

In 1881 they were living in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire with three of their younger children.[3]

In 1891 they were still in Aboyne with some St John grandchildren.[4]

Ellen passed away in 1898.

In 1901 Arthur was still in Aboyne with unmarried daughter Jane, 41 and lots of servants.[5]

Arthur passed away in 1908 at Aboyne in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.[6] His two eldest sons were his first named beneficiaries.[7] He is buried at Kincardine O'Neil Episcopal Churchyard in Kincardineshire.

Find A Grave: Memorial #137374941


Research Notes

Some dispute over place of birth. WIkipedia is silent. FindAGrave says Hatfield, Welwyn Hatfield District, Hertfordshire, England. Familysearch says Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, which does sound more convincing given his ancestry. But I have to defer to his census records, declaring he was born in England, and delete the Scots saltire from his profile.

Middle name Murray, FindAGrave is the only source that uses it, and while it is common for a child's middle name to be their mother's maiden name, I don't want to repeat it when I haven't seen it on any other sources.

Sources

  1. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NK46-J95 : 13 March 2020), Arthur Farquhar, 1851.
  2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGJN-YDL : 9 November 2019), Arthur Lorquhor in household of Mary Rickman, Hove, Sussex, England; citing Hove, Sussex, England, p. 59, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
  3. ↑ "Scotland Census, 1881", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMDR-1CP : 15 April 2022), Arthur Farquhar, 1881.
  4. ↑ "Scotland Census, 1891", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSDF-GNK : 28 May 2022), Arthur Farquhar, 1891.
  5. ↑ "Scotland Census, 1901", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7YSG-1D2M : 6 May 2022), Sir Arthur Farquhar, 1901.
  6. ↑ https://www.pdavis.nl/ShowObit.php?id=385
  7. ↑ "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W7QQ-L9MM : 26 August 2022), Arthur Farquhar, 24 Jun 1908; citing Probate, London, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm 251,402.




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