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FANSHAWE—FARQUHAR—FARQUHARSON—FARRANT.
Lisbon by Capts. Henry Shiffner and Geo. Wm. St. John Mildmay – 15 Dec. 1837, to the Victory 104, as Acting Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, Admiral-Superintendent at Portsmouth – and, 15 Nov. 1833, to the Daphne 18, Capt. John Windham Dalling, whom he ultimately accompanied to the Mediterranean. He attained the rank of Commander 28 Aug. 1841; and on next joining, 7 Sept. 1844, the Cruizer 16, sailed for the East Indies, where his conduct in command of the gun and other boats of a squadron under Capt. Chas. Talbot at the destruction, on 19 Aug. 1845, of Malloodoo, the fiercely-defended stronghold of a Borneo chieftain named Scheriff Osman, procured him a Post-commission dated on 7 of the following Sept.[1] Capt. Fanshawe has since been on half-pay.
He is married and has issue.
FANSHAWE, K.S.V. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 16; h-p., 33.)
Henry Fanshawe, born 9 Dec. 1778, at Shiplake, co. Oxford, is eldest son of the late Henry Fanshawe, Esq., a Colonel in the British Guards, and subsequently a General Officer in the service of Russia (who, after holding the governments of Kioo and of the Crimea, died a Russian senator in 1828), by Susanna Frances, daughter of Chas. Le Grys, Esq., of Norwich. Capt. Fanshawe is brother of General Wm. Simon Fanshawe, of the Russian service, who died in 1829 – of Fred. Fanshawe, Esq. (Chamberlain to the Emperors Alexander and Nicholas), who was murdered by the Poles in 1830 – and of Lieut.-General Geo. Fanshawe, also an officer in the service of His Imperial Majesty. He is cousin of Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, R.N., C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 Sept. 1798, as A.B., on board the Kent 74, Capt. Wm. Hope, flag-ship in succession of Admirals Lord Duncan and Sir Rich. Hussey Bickerton, under whom he attended the expedition to Holland in 1799, and, in 1801, accompanied the force sent against Egypt, where he served on shore, as Midshipman, in the battles of 8, 13, and 21 March. In Sept. 1803, he followed Sir R. Bickerton into the Royal Sovereign 100; after which he joined the Agincourt 64, Capt. Thos. Briggs, lying at Chatham; and on 25 May, 1805, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. In July and Dec. following Mr. Fanshawe became successively attached to the Malabar 54, Capt. Robt. Hall, and Swift sloop, Capt. Wright, in the former of which vessels he went to the West Indies. After a servitude of exactly two years in the Courageux 74, Capt. Jas. Bissett, employed chiefly at the blockade of Cadiz, he obtained command, 2 May, 1808, of the Grasshopper 18. On 24 Dec. 1811, we find the latter vessel in company with the Hero 74, when that ship was lost in a dreadful gale on the Haak sand; and, as the sole means of avoiding the same fate, surrendering herself to the Dutch fleet in the Texel. Capt. Fanshawe, who accordingly became a prisoner, and, we believe, remained in captivity during the rest of the war, attained Post-rank 7 June, 1814. He accepted the retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Fanshawe, a Knight of the order of St. Vladamir of Russia, married, first, 10 May, 1810, Anna Maria, daughter of Lieut.-General John Jenkinson, Joint Secretary for Ireland, and brother of the first Earl of Liverpool; and secondly, 20 Jan. 1823, Caroline, daughter of F. F. Luttrell, Esq., and grand-daughter of J. F. Luttrell, Esq., of Dunster Castle, co. Somerset. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
FARQUHAR. (Commander, 1844.)
Arthur Farquhar entered the Navy 13 March, 1829; passed his examination in 1835; and for his services as Mate of the Princess Charlotte 104, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Stopford, during the operations on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, was awarded a commission, dated 4 Nov. 1840. He was afterwards appointed – 26 Aug. 1841, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings – and, in 1843, for Particular Service, to the Tyne 26, Caledonia 120, and Volage 26, as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Wm. Bowles. He attained his present rank 2 Dec. 1844; and, since 5 Nov. 1846, has been in command of the Albatross 16, on the coast of Africa. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
FARQUHARSON. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 7; h-p., 31.)
Charles Farquharson entered the Navy, 5 Feb. 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sybille 38, Capt. Clotworthy Upton, with whom, in the same ship and the Junon 38, he continued to serve, on the Irish and North American stations, nearly the whole time as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, until Sept. 1814. From that period until his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 20 Sept. 1815, he appears to have been employed, on the lakes of Canada and at Portsmouth, in the Prince Regent and St. George, bearing each the broad pendant of Commodores Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo and Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and Calliope 10, Capt. Alex. M‘Konochie. He has not since been afloat. Agent – J. Hinxman.
FARQUHARSON. (Lieutenant, 1810. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
Edward Riou Owen Farquharson died 21 Dec. 1846, at Haslar Hospital.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 June, 1803, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Conqueror 74, Capts. Thos. Louis, Israel Pellew, and Edw. Fellowes, in which ship he accompanied Lord Nelson, as Midshipman, to the West Indies in pursuit of the combined fleets of France and Spain – served in the battle off Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805 – and witnessed the surrender to the British of the Russian squadron in the Tagus, in Aug. 1808. After an employment of some months off Lisbon and Cadiz in the Barfleur 98, bearing the flag of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, and, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Myrtle sloop, and Tonnant 80, Capts. John Smith Cowan and Sir John Gore, he was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 19 Dec. 1810, in the Mars 74, commanded by Capt. Henry Raper, on the Lisbon and Baltic stations. His subsequent appointments were, in 1813-14, to the Révolutionnaire 38, Capt. John Chas. Woolcombe, Sea-Lark schooner, Capt. Thos. Warrand, and Rolla brig, Capt. Robt. Julian. Since 27 April, 1815, Lieut. Farquharson had been on half-pay.
FARQUHARSON. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 12; h-p., 31.)
William Farquharson entered the Navy, 9 Nov. 1804, as a Volunteer, on board the Aeolus 32, Capts. Lord Wm. FitzRoy and Lord Jas. Townshend, under the former of whom he bore a part in Sir Rich. Strachan’s action, 4 Nov. 1805, and assisted at the reduction of Martinique in Feb. 1809. From May, 1811, until the attainment of his present rank, 12 Sept. 1814, he served, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, on the Jamaica station, in the Racoon and Reindeer sloops, .Capts. Wm. Black and Wm. Manners, and Argo 44, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Brown. He then successively joined the Moselle 16, and Cydnus 38, Capts. Fred. Langford and Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer; but since the paying off of the latter vessel, 21 Jan. 1816, has been unemployed.
Lieut. Farquharson married, 22 July, 1823, Margaret, daughter of F. Mabelle, Esq., of Jamaica. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
FARRANT. (Retired Commander, 1846. f-p., 13; h-p., 33.)
John Farrant entered the Navy, 27 Jan. 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Russel 74, Capts. Herbert Sawyer and Wm. Cuming, and, on 2 April following, was in the battle off Copenhagen. After
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1845, pp. 6534, 6536.
