Oliver Farrer, 4th Baron Farrer

Deceased Person

1904 – 1954

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Who was Oliver Farrer, 4th Baron Farrer?

Oliver Thomas Farrer, 4th Baron Farrer, 4th Baronet DL JP was the fourth Baron Farrer.

He was born in 1904, the second of Thomas Farrer, 2nd Baron Farrer by his second wife Evangeline, daughter of Octavius Newry Knox JP. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1931 he married Katharine Runciman, youngest daughter of Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford. They had no children. During the Second World War he served as an officer in the Royal Air Force, reaching the rank of Wing Commander. He was a county councillor on Hertfordshire County Council and was both a Deputy Lieutenant of Herts and a Justice of the Peace. In 1948 upon the death of his elder half-brother Cecil Farrer, 3rd Baron Farrer, Farrer became the 4th Baron Farrer. Upon his own death in 1954, the Barony passed to his cousin, Anthony Farrer, 5th Baron Farrer

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Born
Oct 5, 1904
Education
  • Trinity College, Cambridge
  • Westminster School
Died
Jan 24, 1954

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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