John Farquhar (1751-1826)
Scottish gunpowder manufacturer who after making a fortune in India purchased Fonthill
Abbey from William Beckford in 1822. A notorious miser, he was said to have offered a
Scottish university £100,000 to endow a professorship of Atheism.
Scottish gunpowder manufacturer who after making a fortune in India purchased Fonthill
Abbey from William Beckford in 1822. A notorious miser, he was said to have offered a
Scottish university £100,000 to endow a professorship of Atheism.