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Farquharson, Maurice Gordon, son of George Sinclair Farquharson MB MRCS of Southamp­ton, and Violet Annie, d. of Lewis Stewart of Tufnell Park; b. 29 Mar. 1899; adm. Sept. 1913 (KS); left July 1917; Grenadier Guards in WWI, 2nd Lieut. Mar. 1918, despatches Dec. 1918, MC Apr. 1919; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1919, BA 1922, MA 1926; asst master Bedales Sch. 1921-6; an actor 1926-9; Nat. Council of Social Service 1929-35; joined BBC 1935; OBE 1951; Secretary BBC 1957-63, CBE 1963; m. 1930 Nancy, d. of Rudolph Kohnstamm of Hampstead; d. 14 May 1993.

FARRABOSCO, ---; b.; adm. 1656 (school list 1656, last quarter). [surname perhaps Ferrabosco, a family of that name in Greenwich, Kent, in first half 17th cent] [note Mossum Ferrabosco, St. Anne’s, Westminster, will proved PCC 25 Feb 1708]

FARRAND, ---; b.; adm.; a pensioner 1564-5 (tutor, Prebendary Beaumont) (Chapter Muniments 54005-6).

FARRAND, CHARLES, youngest son of Richard Farrand, St. Michael’s, Cornhill, London, citizen and draper, and Joan, dau. of Richard Travis, St. Michael’s, Cornhill; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1574, adm. scholar 1575, matr. Easter 1575; 3rd in “ordo” 1578/9; BA 1578/9; MA 1582 (incorp. Oxford 14 Jul 1584; Fellow, Trinity Coll., 1581 - c. 1590; ordained deacon 3 Apr 1584, priest 11 Apr 1584 (both Peterborough); Vicar of Blyth, Notts., 21 Apr - Nov 1588; Vicar of Gainford, co. Durham 1589-93; Master of St. John’s Hospital, Barnard Castle, co. Durham 1590; Rector of Aston Clinton, Bucks., 1597.

Farrar, Frederic Percival, son of the Very Rev. Frederic William Farrar, D.D., Dean of Canterbury, by Lucy Mary, third daughter of Frederic Cardew, E. l. C. S.; b. Oct. 11, 1871; adm. as exhibitioner June 12, 1884 (G); left April 1889; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1894; B.A. 1897; M.A. 1901; ord. deacon (London) 1898, priest (Canterbury) 1900; asst. master Dover Coll. 1898-1901; joint master Brockhurst School 1901-3; Curate of Childs Ercall, Salop, 1903-4; Rector of Anmer, Norfolk, 1904-6; Curate of Sandringham, Norfolk, 1906-7, Rector 1907-11; Chaplain in Ordinary to Edward VII 1908-10, to George V 1910 - Nov. 21, 1911; M.V.O. Junc 19, 1911; went abroad; served in the French Foreign Legion during Great War I; m. July 6, 1911, Nora, daughter of Lawrence Clarke Davis, of Philadelphia, U. S. A.; d. at Lima, Peru, Feb. 14, 1946.

Farrar, Ivor Granville, youngest brother of Frederic Percival Farrar (q.v.); b. Sept. 9, 1874; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 22, 1887; left Sept. 1891; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. June 18, 1892); B.A. 1895; M.A. 1899; Ridley Hall, Camb. 1896; ord. deacon (London) 1897, priest (Canterbury) 1899; Curate of Walmer, Kent, 1897-1900, of St. Michael, Chester Square, London, 1900-3; Vicar of Millom with Haverigg, Cumberland, 1903-8; Perpetual Curate of Grange-over-Sands, in the same co., 1908-16; Curate of St. John, Fitzroy Square, London 1923-7; m. June 19, 1906, Constance Lily, daughter of the Rev. George Adolphus Samuel Adams, Vicar of Erith, Kent; d. June 28, 1944.

FARRE, JOHN; b. ; adm. ; KS 1540 (Chapter Muniments 6478).

FARREL, GEORGE; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1749 (Porten's); in school list 1752.

Farren, Elizabeth; Dame of the Centre House on the Terrace from about Christmas 1785 (succeeding Mrs.Ottey) ; the house continued to be known as Ottey’s, but was renamed Hayes’s after her marriage on 1 May 1788 with Samuel Hayes (qv), when his adjoining boarding house was amalgamated with hers ; following the appointment of John Wingfield (qv) as Under Master later in the same year, in preference to Hayes, Hayes and his wife left Westminster and their house was taken over by Mrs Clough.