Evening star., 1923-09-13
Lord Farquhar's Death May Open
Fight for Big Fund III Britain

ed by her to the peerage. in 1855.
assumed charge Of the finances of her
successor and. by clever financing
and businesslike arrangements, pro-
vided for the settlement of all the
obligations that the new sovereign
had contracted during his forty years
of social rule in England as heir
apparent.
Everybody had expected that when
King Edward came 10 the throne an
application would have to be made TO
parliament to pay the heavy debts
which IL was generally understood he
had contracted as Prince of Wales.
Nor would there have been much op-
position to the granting OF q demand
of this kind. For IL was acknowI-
edged by people of every political
denomination that during Queen
Victoria's four long decades Of
compelled to fulfill in her place. all
the onerous social duties of royalty.
without having the means TO do so.
Thanks to Lord Farquhar's financier-
ing, King Edward was placed I'm
position to intimate that no applica-
ton would be made to parliament for
any special grant of money over and
above the ordinary civil list which,
being derived from crown property,
does not cost the taxpayers a single
cent. and that there were no obliga-
tions of his that the nation would be
called upon to settle. This, of course
was most agreeable surprise to the
people and added largely to the popu-
able. thanks to Lord Farquhar, to in
augurate his reign under the happiest
auspices.
subsequently,, Lord Farquhar, at the
pressing instance of King Edward,
took charge of the entire manage
ment of the royal household as its
master. He reorganized 1t from one
end to the other In most radical
fashion, putting an end, with a merci-
less hand, to the thousands of abuses
which had crept into existence after
the death Of that we'll nigh equally
able business man, the late prince con-
sort, over sixty years ago When he
had completed his work in this con-
nection Lord Farquhar abandoned
the mastership of the household to
whom he himself had trained, remain
ing attached to the court in an
honorary capacity as lord in waiting
and as personal adviser to King Ed
ward. He retained the same degree
OF confidence and intimate friendship
on the part of the present king, at
whose urgent entreaty he accepted.
ten years ago the highest office of
the court--that is to say. of lord
steward of the household-without
pay, which he held until his death.
Lord Farquhar married, in 1895, the
widow of the Sir Edward Scott who
was a partner of himself and the
Duke of Fife in Scott's bank. She
intimate friendship accorded by the
royal family to her husband, and
when the present Royal Duchess of
Fife, wife of Prince Arthur of Con-
ball given by Lady Farquhar at which
all the members of the reigning
house were present. Lady FarQuhar
died very suddenly last year. and now
her popular and clever husband has
followed her to the grave. leaving no
one to inherit his earldom and other
honoEs. OF all his brothers only one
remains, the eldest, Sir Robert Town
send FarQuhar, now nearly ninety,
whose barenetcy will become extinct
when he is gathered to his brothers
The Farquhars are descended from
Sir Robert Farquhar of Gilminscroft,
who was deputy receiver of Scotland
in the reign of Charles /. His great
great t-grandson, Walter. was physi-
clan ito the prince regent and was
by him created a baronet in 1895.
Sir Walters second son, Robert, was
the first governor and commander-in-
chief of the Mauritius after its con-
quest in 1911. and, exercising a spe-
cies of suzerainty in the name of the
crown over Madagascar, placed the
Radama dynasty on the throne of
that island, of which the late exiled
Queen of Madagascar, so long cap
| tive in Algeria, was the last repre-
sentative.
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He also was made a baronet in
1926 for his colonial services, and
four of his sons held the haronetcy in
turn, che eldest dying as secretary
of legation at Peking, while another
distinguished himself in the defense
of Lucknow during the mutiny. This
particular baronetcy is now held by
old Sir Robert Townsend Farduhar,
the elder brother of Lord Farquhar.
] One of their cousins, Granville
Farquhar of Grosvenor Square, Lon
don. and of Dalton Hall, Beverly.
Yorkshire, is married to the daughter
of the late Edward Louis Livingston
of New York. and, like his younger
son, Guy-his eldest son was killed
fighting, as a corporal, In the great
war--is in the tmmediate line of
succession TO the senior OF the Far
quhar barenetcies, now held by his
sishteen-year-eid cousin, Sir Peter
FarG1har.