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Farquhar’s career. Major-General William Farquhar was an employee of the East India Company from the age of 17 and became a lieutenant in the Madras Engineers at 19. He was Chief Engineer in the expeditionary force which took Malacca from the Dutch in 1795. He was officially appointed Resident and Commandant of Malacca in 1813, which earned ...
This book brings together for the first time all 477 illustrations in William Farquhar’s extensive collection of natural history drawings, commissioned during his service as the British Resident and Commandant of Melaka from 1803 to 1818. Farquhar had a deep interest in the flora and fauna of the region, and made several important zoological ...
Sacred to the Memory of Major General William Farquhar of the H.E.I.C.Service and Madras Engineer Corps who served in the East Indies upwards of 33 years. During 20 years of his valuable life he was appointed to offices of high responsibility under the civil government of India having in addition to his military duties served as Resident in ...
Birth in 1774. William Farquhar was baptised on 19 March 1774, the son of Robert Farquhar of Newhall. The entry in the Old Parish Register (OPR) for Fetteresso doesn't give his date of birth or his mother's name. The witnesses to the baptism were Mr William Duncane in Newhall and Mr Arthur Dingwall Fordyce, advocate in Aberdeen.
Farquhar dilahirkan di Newhall, Aberdeenshire, berhampiran Aberdeen, Scotland pada tahun 1774 [1], dan menyertai Syarikat Hindia Timur sebagai kadet ketika berusia 17 tahun. Tiba di Madras pada 19 Jun 1791. Pada 22 Jun 1791, beliau dinaikkan pangkat dalam Jurutera Madras. Pada 16 Ogos 1793, beliau menjadi Leftenan di Jurutera Madras.
Oct 12, 2002 · 4. Farquhar's Contributions to Singapore. Without entering into the controversy of 'who did more' in the founding of the British settlement, it is clear that while the objectives and initiatives were from Raffles, the actual operations and implementation were left to Farquhar, in his new capacity as British Resident and Commandant of Singapore.
Apr 11, 2024 · William Farquhar was installed as the first British Resident and Commandant of Singapore following the establishment of a British trading post on the island by then Lieutenant Governor of Bencoolen, Sir Stamford Raffles, on 6 February 1819. [1] Farquhar was an accomplished British officer prior to becoming resident of Singapore.
