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Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F
Date transcribed | 2011-03-01 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surname | Farquhar | | First Name(s) | John | | Year of Birth | 1751 | | Year of Death | 1826 | | Entry | Born in 1751 of poor parents in Scotland : went to Bombay in the E.I. Co.'s military service : incapacitated for active service by a wound : transferred to Bengal : became a free merchant and learnt chemistry. Lord Cornwallis employed him to inquire into the circumstances of the Government gunpowder factory at Pulta : made Superintendent of the factory, and, later, sole contractor : thus acquired a fortune : returned to England, and. became partner in the agency house, Basset, Farquhar & Co., and in Whitbread's Brewery. He was a curious mixture of penuriousness and largeness in expenditure at his pleasure : bought Fonthill Abbey in 1822 for £330,000 : he was a good scholar, excellent in the sciences, and greatly admired the Brahmanical system : died July 6, 1826, leaving a million and a half. |
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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