Sir Walter Farquhar, first baronet

(1738-1819)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Farquhar, Walter, 1738-1819 NRA: Farquhar, Sir Walter (1738-1819) 1st Baronet Physician DNB: Farquhar, Sir Walter, first baronet (1738-1819), physician LBT ID: WaFarqu1819 VIAF ID: 100833859 LOC ID: no2009153233	B/BAP: 1738-10 DIED: 1819-03-30
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After studying medicine at King's College under James Gregory, Aberdeen he worked as an army doctor before setting up practice in London, where his clients included William Pitt and Lord Melville.
REFERENCES TO Sir Walter Farquhar, first baronet: Duchess of Devonshire? to Lady Melbourne, 20 February 1802 in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921) Found 3: ¶ 1 ¶ 2 ¶ n1 Duke of Richmond to Lady Melbourne, 2 April 1806 in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921) Found 1: ¶ 1 Airlie, Mabell, Countess of, 1866-1956, In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921) Chapter II. Found 1: ¶ n1 Chapter V.