There have been three baronetcies created for members of the Farquhar family, one in the

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and two in the

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. One creation is extant as of 2008. The Farquhar Baronetcy -- of Cadogan House in the

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—was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 1 March 1796 for Walter Farquhar, Physician to

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when

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and subsequently President of the

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. Sir Harold Farquhar, grandson of Harvie Morton Farquhar, second son of the second Baronet, was a diplomat and served as British Ambassador to Sweden between 1948 and 1951. The Townsend-Farquhar Baronetcy, of

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, was created in the Baronetage of the

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on 21 August 1821 for Robert Townsend-Farquhar, the first Governor of

and

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for

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and

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. He was the second son of the first Baronet of the 1796 creation. The second Baronet represented

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in the

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. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1924. The Farquhar Baronetcy, of

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in the parish of

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in the

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, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 25 October 1892 for

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. He was the fifth son of the second Baronet of the 1821 creation. For more information on this creation, see the

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Farquhar baronets, of Cadogan House (1796)

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(1738–1819) *Sir Thomas Harvie Farquhar, 2nd Baronet (1775–1836) *Sir Walter Rockliffe Farquhar, 3rd Baronet (1810–1900) *Sir Henry Thomas Farquhar, 4th Baronet (1838–1916) *Sir Walter Randolph Fitzroy Farquhar, 5th Baronet (1878–1918) *Sir Peter Walter Farquhar, 6th Baronet (1904–1986) *Sir Michael Fitzroy Henry Farquhar, 7th Baronet (born 1938)

Townsend-Farquhar baronets, of Mauritius (1821)

* Sir Robert Townsend Townsend-Farquhar, 1st Baronet (1776–1830) * Sir Walter Minto Townsend-Farquhar, 2nd Baronet (1809–1866) *Sir Eric Robert Townsend-Farquhar, 3rd Baronet (1836–1867) *Sir Minto Walter Townsend-Farquhar, 4th Baronet (1837–1872) *Sir John Henry Townsend-Farquhar, 5th Baronet (1839–1877) *Sir Robert Townsend-Farquhar, 6th Baronet (1841–1924)

Farquhar baronets, of Cavendish Square (1892)

*see the

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, *{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012 Baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 1796 establishments in Great Britain 1821 establishments in the United Kingdom