Sir Angus Dune Miller Farquharson of Finzean (27 March 1935 – 10 January 2018) was

Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire The Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire, is the British monarch's personal representative in an area consisting of the county of Aberdeen as it existed immediately prior to abolition for local government purposes by the Local Government (Scotland) Act ...

from 1998 to 2010.

Career

He was commissioned as a

Deputy Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire A deputy lieutenant of Aberdeenshire is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire. The Lieutenancy Area of Aberdeenshire was previously known as the County of Aberdeen – not to be confused with the former County of the City of Aberd ...

in 1984 and as Vice Lord-Lieutenant in 1987. He became a Commander of the Order of St John in 2009 having been an Officer of the Order since 2002. He was awarded the honour of OBE in 1995 for services to forestry and the community in Aberdeenshire and upon his retirement as Lord-Lieutenant in 2010, was made a

Knight Commander Commander ( it, Commendatore; french: Commandeur; german: Komtur; es, Comendador; pt, Comendador), or Knight Commander, is a title of honor prevalent in chivalric orders and fraternal orders. The title of Commander occurred in the medieval mili ...

of the

Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, o ...

. He served on the Red Deer Commission from 1986 to 1992. He has been an elder of the

Church of Scotland The Church of Scotland ( sco, The Kirk o Scotland; gd, Eaglais na h-Alba) is the national church in Scotland. The Church of Scotland was principally shaped by John Knox, in the Scottish Reformation, Reformation of 1560, when it split from t ...

since 1969 and served on the board of General Trustees from 1995 to 2006. From 2006, Sir Angus was a Director of the Scottish Traditional Skills Training Centre.

Family

Born Angus Durie Miller, Sir Angus adopted the surname of Farquharson in 1961 upon his marriage to Alison Mary Farquharson of

Finzean Finzean (; gd, Fìnnean) is a rural community, electoral polling district, community council area and former ecclesiastical parish, which forms the southern part of the Parish of Birse, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Finzean was the subject of many we ...

, daughter of W. M. Farquharson-Lang CBE the 14th Laird of

. The couple had two sons and one daughter and resided on the Finzean Estate in Aberdeenshire.

Death

Sir Angus died on 10 January 2018 at the age of 82.

References

External links

Angus Durie Miller Farquharson
Debretts
Finzean Estate''Press and Journal'' article
1935 births 2018 deaths Lord-Lieutenants of Aberdeenshire Commanders of the Order of St John Officers of the Order of the British Empire Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Deputy Lieutenants of Aberdeenshire Elders of the Church of Scotland {{scotland-bio-stub