Arthur Farquhar

Admiral Sir Arthur Farquhar KCB (9 January 1815 – 29 January 1908) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth.

For other Royal Navy officers, see Arthur Farquhar (Royal Navy officer, born 1772) and Arthur Murray Farquhar.

Sir Arthur Farquhar
Born9 January 1815
Died29 January 1908 (1908-01-30) (aged 93)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1829 - 1880
RankAdmiral
Commands heldHMS Albatross
HMS Malacca
HMS Victory
HMS Hannibal
HMS Hogue
HMS Lion
Pacific Station
Plymouth Command
Battles/warsOriental Crisis
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Farquhar joined the Royal Navy in 1829.[1] He took part in the bombardment of Acre during the Oriental Crisis in 1840.[2]

Promoted to Commander in 1844, Farquhar was given command of HMS Albatross in 1846[1] and fought pirates in Borneo in 1849.[2] Promoted to Captain in 1849, he commanded HMS Malacca, HMS Victory, HMS Hannibal, HMS Hogue and HMS Lion.[1]

Farquhar was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station in 1869 and Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth in 1878. He retired in 1880.[1]

There is a memorial to Farquhar in Christ Church, Kincardine O'Neil.[3]

Family

In 1851 Farquhar married Ellen Rickman; the couple had nine sons and four daughters.[2]

See also
  • O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Farquhar, Arthur" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.

References
  1. William Loney RN
  2. Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain By Peter Beauclerk Dewar, p. 418
  3. This is North Scotland
Military offices
Preceded by
George Hastings		 Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station
1869–1872		 Succeeded by
Sir Charles Hillyar
Preceded by
Sir Thomas Symonds		 Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
1878–1880		 Succeeded by
Sir Charles Elliot
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