FARRER, MATTHEW THOMAS, second son of James William Farrer, Ingleborough, Yorkshire, a Master in Chancery, and Henrietta Elizabeth, widow of Hon. John Scott MP, and only dau. of Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. (b. 1745, qv); b. 3 Feb 1816; adm. 19 Jan 1829 (G); KS (Capt. ) 1830; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1834, adm. pens. 13 Jun 1834, scholar 1835, matr. Mich. 1834; BA 1838; MA 1841; ordained deacon 1840, priest 1841 (both Canterbury); Domestic Chaplain to John Scott, 2nd Earl of Elgin 1840; Vicar of Shirley, Surrey 1841-79; Vicar of Addington, Surrey 1843-67; inherited Ingleborough property on the death of his elder brother James in Jun 1879; m. 1st, 8 Aug 1843 Frances Emma, eldest dau. of Edward Golding, Maiden Erlegh, Berks.; m. 2nd, 8 Jul 1848 Mary Louisa, eldest dau. of Gen. Sir William Anson, Bart. KCB; d. 14 Jul 1889.