James Esmond Farrell (14 October 1909 – 1 September 1968) was a New Zealand diplomat.

Biography

Farrell was born in Ashburton on 14 October 1909. He was educated at St. Thomas's Academy in

Oamaru Oamaru (; mi, Te Oha-a-Maru) is the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, it is the main town in the Waitaki District. It is south of Timaru and north of Dunedin on the Pacific coast; State Highway 1 and the railway ...

and Sacred Heart College in Auckland. In 1935 he married Mercia Taylor with whom he had three sons and a daughter He was a member of the Oamaru Trotting Club executive from 1931 to 1965 and was for 12 years president of the club and later vice-president of the New Zealand Trotting Conference. He also served for several years as a member of the

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. In

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Farrell served in the

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. He attended the

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, where he graduated bachelor of laws in 1945. At university he was nominated for a

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. Farrell was a barrister and solicitor and the senior partner in the legal firm of Hjorring, Tait and Farrell. He was also a contributor to the ''Law Journal''. Farrell studied international affairs at several European and American based organisations and lectured extensively on the subject himself. He was also a radio speaker on European and Commonwealth affairs. Farrell was the president of the Oamaru branch of the

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as well as an associate member of the British Atlantic Committee and the British Society for International Understanding. Farrell was the Oamaru electorate president of the National Party. Farrell was also a member of the National Party's Dominion Council. He had sought the National nomination for at the election, but was unsuccessful. In 1965 Farrell was appointed by the Second National Government as New Zealand's Resident High Commissioner to India. He held the post until 1968. He died in Oamaru on 1 September 1968. He was survived by his wife and four children.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Farrell, James Esmond 1909 births 1968 deaths People from Ashburton, New Zealand Royal New Zealand Air Force personnel New Zealand military personnel of World War II 20th-century New Zealand lawyers University of Canterbury alumni New Zealand National Party politicians High commissioners of New Zealand to India