The late Admiral Farquhar

The death is announced at Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, of Admiral Sir Arthur Farquhar, K.C.B. in his 93rd year. Sir Arthur who was the senior admiral on the retired list, entered the Navy on March 13, 1829. In 1844 he was promoted to commander, and two years later posted to the command of the Albatross, 16, on the coast of Africa.

In 1849, when it was decided to despatch an expedition against the pirates in the Borneo Seas, he was placed in command of the small force detailed for this work, having with him the Royalist, Nemesis, Ranee, and a small native flotilla under Rajah Brooke. The force first took up position at the mouth of the Sarebas River, but later on, on hearing the pirates were off the coast, preparations were made for action, and on June 31, they were attacked, and 70 prahus driven on shore. He afterwards destroyed a number of the pirates haunts in the neighbouring rivers, and taught them a lesson so severe and wholesome that it was not forgotten for many years.

For this service he was promoted to captain on Oct. 27. From Nov. 1869 to July, 1873, he was Commander-In-Chief in the Pacific, and on his return home was promoted, in April 1873, to vice-admiral, and in 1878 to admiral and appointed Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth, which post he held until 1880, when he retired from active service.

In Mr. C.B. Buckley's "Anecdotal History of Singapore," p. 509, under the head of the year 1849, appears this reference to the late Admiral Fraquhar:

"In this year the Supreme Court in Singapore awarded £20,700 to Captain Farquhar of H.M.S. Albatross and other persons for the destruction of the Sarebas pirates in July. The expedition under Captain Farquhar had fallen in with a fleet of upwards of a hundred war prahus, manned by at least 3,500 men, which was proved on the the confession of the prates themselves, to have been committing outrages both by sea and land."

Under the heading a "A Splendid Record" the Globe says: The son of Rear Admiral Sir A. Faqrquhar, who was fighting in the year of Trafalgar, Admiral Sir Arthur Farquhar the senior admiral on the retired list, whose death has just occurred at the age of 93, himself gave several sons to the service of his country. These include Rear-Admiral A. Farquhar, now in command of the Portsmouth Division of the Home Fleet, Captain R. Farquhar, of H.M.S. Doris, and Major M. Farquhar, D.S.O., while a grandson is an acting sub-lietenant. The deceases Admiral entered the Navy in 1829."