FARRE, Frederick John (brother of the preceding). b. Charterhouse sq. London 16 Dec. 1804; ed. at Charterhouse, gold medallist 1821, captain 1822; foundation scholar at St. John’s coll. Cam., 32 wrangler 1827; M.A. 1830, M.D. 1837; lecturer on botany at St. Bartholomew’s hospital 1831–54, on materia medica 1854–76, assistant phys. 1836, phys. 1854; phys. to Royal London Ophthalmic hospital 1843 to death; F.R.C.P. 1838, lecturer on materia medica 1843–5, treasurer 1868–83, vice pres. 1885; one of the editors of first British Pharmacopœia 1864, and of an abridgment of Pereira’s Materia Medica 1865, new eds. 1872 and 1874. d. 35 Elsham road, Kensington, London 9 Nov. 1886.
FARRE, John Richard (son of Richard John Farre of Barbadoes, surgeon). b. Barbadoes 31 Jany. 1775; student at United Borough hosps. London 1792; spent two years at Edinburgh; M.D. Aberdeen 22 Jany. 1806; L.C.P. 31 March 1806; physician in London 1806; joint founder with J. C. Saunders of Royal London Ophthalmic hospital 1806, physician there 1806–56; edited Journal of Morbid Anatomy, ophthalmic medicine and pharmaceutical analysis 1828; author of The morbid anatomy of the liver 1812–15, Pathological researches on malformations of the human heart 1814. d. Pentonville road, London 7 May 1862.
FARRELL, Francis. Entered Bombay army 1818; col. 28 Bombay N.I. 15 March 1851 to death; M.G. 28 Nov. 1854. d. Hyde lodge, Winchester 17 July 1869 aged 69.
FARREN, Henry (eld. son of Wm. Farren 1786–1861). b. 1825; made his first appearance on the stage at Haymarket theatre as Charles Surface 1848; played leading comedy parts at Strand 1847–50 and Olympic 1850–53; manager of Brighton theatre short time; played in the U.S. 1854 to death; manager of theatre at St. Louis. d. St. Louis 8 Jany. 1860.
FARREN, Harriet Elizabeth (dau. of Mr. Diddear, provincial theatrical manager). b. Penzance, Cornwall 31 July 1789; made her first appearance in London at Covent Garden theatre 7 Oct. 1813 as Desdemona; played leading characters in tragedy and comedy at Covent Garden and Drury Lane; retired about 1837. (m. (1) 1805 John Faucit Saville actor, he d. 1 Nov. 1853. m. (2) Jany. 1856 William Farren 1786–1861). d. 23 Brompton sq. London 16 June 1857. Oxberry’s Dramatic Biography iii, 127–35 (1825), portrait; Theatrical inquisitor x, 83–86 (1817), portrait.
FARREN, William (3 son of Wm. Farren of Covent Garden theatre, London, actor, who d. 9 May 1795 aged 41). b. 13 May 1786; made his first appearance on the stage as Sir Archy Macsarcasm in Love à la Mode at Plymouth theatre about 1806; played in Ireland; appeared in London at Covent Garden theatre as Sir Peter Teazle 10 Sep. 1818; played at Covent Garden winter seasons 1818–28, at the Haymarket summer seasons 1818–28; played at Drury Lane 1828–1837, at Covent Garden again 1837, at the Haymarket 1837–47; lessee of the Strand 1847–50, of the Olympic 2 Sep. 1850 to 22 Sep. 1853; took final farewell of the stage at the Haymarket theatre 16 July 1855; famous for his old men characters. d. 23 Brompton sq. London 24 Sep. 1861. Oxberry’s Dramatic Biography iii, 37–47 (1825), portrait; Metropolitan mag. xviii, 85–91 (1837); Theatrical inquisitor xiii, 323 (1818), portrait; I.L.N. i, 188 (1842), portrait, xxvii, 99, 100 (1855), portrait.
FARRER, James (eld. son of the succeeding). b. London 8 May 1812; ed. at Winchester and New coll. Ox.; M.P. for South Durham 1847–57 and 1859–65. d. Ingleborough near Settle, Yorkshire 13 June 1879.
FARRER, James William (eld. son of James Farrer). b. 11 May 1785; ed. at Brasenose coll. Ox., B.A. 1806, M.A. 1809; barrister L.I. 11 Feb. 1811; a master in chancery 9 March 1824 to 30 June 1852 when office was abolished by 15 & 16 Vict. c. 80, and he retired on full pay; author of Observations on the offices of the Masters in Chancery 1848. d. Ingleborough 9 Nov. 1863.
FARRIER, Robert. b. Chelsea 1796; exhibited 35 pictures at R.A., 50 at B.I. and 32 at Suffolk st. gallery 1818–72 many of which were engraved; one of his pictures ‘The Parting’ is in the South Kensington Museum. d. Holly villa, Hayes, Uxbridge 19 April 1879.
FAULKNER, George. b. Oldham st. Manchester about 1790; partner in a firm of silk, cotton and linen manufacturers at Manchester 1812; the first chairman of trustees of Owens college, Manchester 1851 to Aug. 1858; a liberal benefactor to the college. d. Limebank, Crumpsall, Manchester 21 Feb. 1862. Thompson’s Owen’s College, Manchester (1886) pp. 52–8; Manchester Courier 1 March 1862 p. 7.