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Farquhar, Sir Robert Townsend, (1776-1830), 1st Baronet Politician and Colonial Governor

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Surname: Farquhar
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: Robert Townsend
Gender: Male
Date: 1776-1830
Biography: ODNB link for Farquhar, Sir Robert Townsend (1776-1830) 1st Baronet Politician and Colonial Governor
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P139458 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P9720 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Robert Townsend Farquhar
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1798-1806: papers rel to Penang
Huntington Library
See HMC Papers of British colonial governors 1782-1900, 1986
2
1819-22: corresp rel to suppression of slave trade
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 41265
3
letters (20) to Grenville family
Huntington Library
See Guide 1982
4
1813-21: letters to Lord Hastings
Bute Archive at Mount Stuart
NRAS631/p509
NRA 15459 Crichton-Stuart
5
1807-13: letters to 1st Earl of Minto
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 11319, 11678-83
NRA 10476 Minto
6
1810-12: letters to Lord Wellesley
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 37292-93
7
1802-05: papers rel to Moluccas, corresp with Lord Wellesley etc
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 13712, 13869-70