Townsend-Farquhar baronets of Mauritius (1821)

Escutcheon of the Townsend-Farquhar baronets of Mauritius

The Townsend-Farquhar baronetcy, of Mauritius, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 21 August 1821 for Robert Townsend-Farquhar,[1] the first Governor of Mauritius and Member of Parliament for Newton and Hythe. He was the second son of the 1st Baronet of the 1796 creation.

The 2nd Baronet represented Hertford in the House of Commons. The title became extinct on the death of the 6th Baronet, an artist, in 1924.[2]

Townsend-Farquhar baronets, of Mauritius (1821)

Notes

  1. ^ "No. 17730". The London Gazette. 28 July 1821. p. 1555.
  2. ^ a b "Farquhar, Sir Robert Townsend-". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ a b c d e f Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. pp. 217–218.
  4. ^ The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. 1866. pp. 406–407.
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Townsend-Farquhar baronets
of Mauritius
21 August 1821 		Succeeded by