Farquhar, Robert Townsend, Sir, 1776-1830
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Farquhar, Robert Townsend, Sir, 1776-1830
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Farquhar, Robert Townsend 1776-1830 Sir
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Farquhar, Robert Townsend, active 1802-1805, Lieutenant -Gov. of Prince of Wales' Island
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Farquhar, Robert Townsend, active 1802-1805, Lieutenant -Gov. of Prince of Wales' Island
Farquhar, Robert Townsend
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Farquhar, Robert Townsend, Sir, 1776-1830, 1st Baronet, Governor of Mauritius
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Farquhar, Robert Townsend, Sir, 1776-1830, 1st Baronet, Governor of Mauritius
Farquhar, Robert Townsend, 1776-1830
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Farquhar, Robert Townsend, 1776-1830
Farquhar, Robert Townsend, fl. 1802-1805
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Farquhar, Robert Townsend, fl. 1802-1805
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Gov. of Mauritius.
Sir Robert Townsend Farquhar (1776-1830) was educated at Westminster and joined the East India Company in 1793, serving at Ambon Island, as commissioner at the Treaty of Amiens negotiations for British claims in the Moluccas, and as Lieutenant-Governor of Penang, 1804-1805. In 1810 he was ordered to accompany the British Navy's expedition against Mauritius and Bourbon Islands and to assume their governorship upon their capture. In the event, he served as Governor of Mauritius until 1823, when he returned to England. Farquhar was elected to the House of Commons in 1825 and served until his death in London in March, 1830.
Epithet: Lieutenant -Gov. of Prince of Wales' Island
Epithet: Governor of Mauritius
Title: 1st Baronet
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Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
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Indian Ocean
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Réunion
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India, Asia
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Indian Ocean Region
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Mauritius
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India, Asia
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India, Asia
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Ambon Island (Indonesia)
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Reunion
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Banda Islands (Indonesia)
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