William James Farrer
1822–1911
Lawyer. Brother of Thomas Henry Farrer. BA, Oxford (Balliol College), 1844. Solicitor, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, high bailiff of Westminster, 1868–87, and solicitor to the Grenadier Guards. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the Society of Antiquaries, and the Geological Society of London. Knighted, 1887.
Sources
Alum. Oxon.
Foster comp. 1874
The Times, 19 September 1911, p. 9.
Bibliography
Alum. Oxon.: Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1886: … with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the university. Alphabetically arranged, revised, and annotated by Joseph Foster. 8 vols. London and Oxford: Parker & Co. 1887–91.
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