Sir Robert Townsend Farquhar, 1st Baronet (1776 – 16 March 1830) was an influential British merchant of the early nineteenth century who served as a colonial...
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Robert Farquhar may refer to: Robert Townsend Farquhar (1776–1830), British colonial governor Robert D. Farquhar (1872–1967), American architect Robert...
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House (1796) Townsend-Farquhar baronets of Mauritius (1821) Farquhar baronets of Cavendish Square (1892): see Horace Farquhar, 1st Earl Farquhar This article...
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of Robert Townsend Farquhar and Maria Frances Geslip de Latour. He became Baronet of Mauritius upon his father's death in 1830. Townsend-Farquhar was...
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The Townsend-Farquhar baronetcy, of Mauritius, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 21 August 1821 for Robert Townsend-Farquhar, the...
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more widely used than English. The British administration, with Robert Townsend Farquhar as the first governor, brought about rapid social and economic...
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Farquhar, 1st Earl Farquhar, GCB, GCVO, PC, DL (19 May 1844 – 30 August 1923) was a British financier, courtier and Conservative politician. Townsend-Farquhar...
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between 1819 and 1823. Farquhar was born in Newhall, Aberdeenshire, near Aberdeen in 1774 as the youngest child of Robert Farquhar and Agnes Morrison, his...
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collapse. Subsequently, the building was restored in 1814 by Sir Robert Townsend Farquhar, the first British governor, until the same recurring structural...
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Dale Lodge Hotel (section Lady Maria Farquhar)
Sir Robert Townsend-Farquhar who was about fifteen years older than she was. They had only one child Sir Walter Minto Townsend-Farquhar. Sir Robert Farquhar...
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were uncle Robert Townsend Farquhar, who was also created a baronet of Mauritius in 1821. His first cousin, Sir Walter Townsend-Farquhar, 2nd Baronet...
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Radama was contacted by a Mauritian trader sent by British Governor Robert Townsend Farquhar of Mauritius (Ile de France), who was interested in increasing...
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in 1809. Sir Robert Townsend Farquhar, 1st Baronet (1776–1830), who married Maria Frances Geslip de Lautour in 1809. Walter Farquhar (1778–1813), who...
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from the East African mainland. The atoll was named in honor of Robert Townsend Farquhar in 1824. Fishing camps were established on North Island in 1850...
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Street remain at Farquhar Street, while the other schools have since been relocated. Farquhar Street was named after Robert Townsend Farquhar, who served as...
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widely than English. The British administration, which began with Robert Townsend Farquhar as governor, was followed by rapid social and economic changes...
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book on the Americans. Marrying a second time, the widow of Sir Robert Townsend Farquhar, bart., governor of the Mauritius, he settled at John Wilson's...
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Scottish civil engineering contractor (died 1850) 14 October – Robert Townsend Farquhar, colonial administrator (died 1830) 20 October – John Rolls of...
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1850) October 14 Samuel Rexford, New York politician (d. 1857) Robert Townsend Farquhar, British colonial administrator (d. 1830) October 18 – Cowles Mead...
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Clonfert, seeking passage to join him at the Cape. At the Cape Robert Townsend Farquhar, Esquire: Temporary governor of La Réunion, trained in the law...
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Governor of Île Bourbon 1810–1811 Succeeded by Robert Townsend Farquhar Preceded by Robert Townsend Farquhar Governor of Île Bourbon 1811–1815 Succeeded by...
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received the full support of the first Governor of Mauritius, Robert Townsend Farquhar (tenure from 4 December 1810 to 20 May 1823), who then appointed...
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Isidore Decaen. The First English Governor was Sir Robert Townsend Farquhar. Under the rule of Sir Robert, two botanists, Boyer and Helsenberg, explored Madagascar...
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KCB, MP Major General Sir Patrick Ross GCMG KCH (1778–1850) Sir Robert Townsend Farquhar, 1st Baronet MP (1776-1830) Captain Sir Christopher Cole KCB, MP...
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1983–1985; p. 119 The Complete Journal of Townsend Harris: First American Consul and Minister to Japan By Townsend Harris, Japan Society (New York, N.Y.)...
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8 March 1820 – 16 May 1837 Serving with John Loch (1830–1832) Robert Townsend Farquhar (1826–1830) Samuel Jones-Loyd (1820–1826) Preceded by Samuel Jones-Loyd...
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Elections. In the city of Port Louis a street which connects Sir Robert Townsend Farquhar Street to Dauphine Street is named after him. Sir William Newton's...
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Gravesend and Tilbury 1818–1842 Office abolished Preceded by Sir Robert Townsend Farquhar Governor of Mauritius 1823–1828 Succeeded by Sir Charles Colville...
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Napoleon) were restored to their pre-Revolutionary names. Governor Robert Townsend Farquhar of Île Bourbon was placed in administrative control of the island...
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superintendency of quarantine on Flat Island, Mauritius under governor Robert Townsend Farquhar. Ayres is particularly well known for his extensive plant collections...
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