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About Robert Townsend Farquhar
Sir Robert Townsend Farquhar, 1st Baronet was an influential British merchant of the early nineteenth century who served as a colonial governor and Member of Parliament. During his lengthy service for both the East India Company and the British government, Farquhar gained a reputation as an efficient and ambitious administrator and he notably served as Lieutenant-Governor of Prince of Wales Island from January 1804 to 1805 and as governor of Île de Bourbon, now known as Réunion from 1810 to 1811.
Everything about Robert Townsend Farquhar →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the 8th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Governor of Réunion, Governor of British Mauritius, Governor of Réunion
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- October 14, 1776
- Died
- March 16, 1830