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Revision as of 15:45, 9 August 2014

Admiral Richard B., Farquhar.
Photograph: © National Portrait Gallery, London.

Admiral Richard Bowles Farquhar, C.B., Royal Navy (12 January, 1859 – 27 November, 1948) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

He was the second son of Admiral Arthur Farquhar and grandson of Rear-Admiral Farquhar who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. His eldest brother was Admiral Arthur Murray Farquhar.

Farquhar was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 16 September, 1881.[1]

Farquhar was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1894.[2]

On 31 December, 1899, he was promoted to the rank of Captain.[3]

He was temporarily appointed command of the battleship Howe on 18 July, 1904.[4]

He was appointed to command the armoured cruiser Essex on 14 September, 1904.[5]

He was appointed command of the battleship Magnificent on 6 November, 1906,[6] but then to Triumph on 4 December, 1906.[7]

Farquhar was appointed Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance on 12 November, 1907,[8] He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 2 December, 1908, vice Scott.[9]

He was relieved as Chief Inspector by Francis G. Eyre on 12 January, 1911.

In 1911 he served as Rear-Admiral of the Devonport Sub-Division of the Home Fleet. In November, 1912 he was appointed president of the Committee on the Ventilation of Modern Warships.

On 1 April, 1913 Farquhar was appointed Vice-President of the Ordnance Board.[10]

Great War

Farquhar was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 11 September, 1914, vice Sir Edmund S. Poë.[11]

Farquhar was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Companion, of the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1917.[12] He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 5 October, 1917.[13] He was placed on the Retired List on 1 January, 1918, "at his own request."[14]

Bibliography

  • "Adml R. B. Farquhar" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 29 November, 1948. Issue 51241, col E, p. 7.

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
New Appointment
Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance
1907 – 1911
Succeeded by
Francis G. Eyre

Preceded by
Arthur A. C. Galloway
Rear-Admiral Commanding,
Devonport Division, Home Fleet

1911 – 1912
Succeeded by
Henry L. Tottenham

Preceded by
A. H. P Turner
Vice-President of the
Ordnance Board

1913 – 1915
Succeeded by
Cuthbert E. Hunter
As Vice-President of the Ordnance Committee


Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 25018. p. 4805. 23 September, 1881.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 26471. p. 7581. 29 December, 1893.
  3. The London Gazette: no. 27150. p. 3. 2 January, 1900.
  4. Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. Book 2. f. 446.
  5. Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. Book 2. f. 446.
  6. Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. Book 2. f. 446.
  7. Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. Book 2. f. 446.
  8. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 7 November, 1907. Issue 38484, col C, p. 9.
  9. The London Gazette: no. 28201. p. 9182. 1 December, 1908.
  10. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 7 March, 1913. Issue 40153, col B, p. 4.
  11. The London Gazette: no. 28902. p. 7293. 15 September, 1914.
  12. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29886. p. 1. 1 January, 1917.
  13. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30336. p. 10604. 16 October, 1917.
  14. The London Gazette: no. 30457. p. 273. 4 January, 1918.
  15. Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 446.
  16. Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 445.
  17. Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. Book 2. f. 446.
  18. Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 446.
  19. Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. Book 2. f. 446.
  20. Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 446.
  21. Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. Book 2. f. 446.

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