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 Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed2011-03-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote 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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