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William Farquhar: Singapore’s First Resident and Commandant (1819 – 1823)

William Farquhar (1774–1839) was born at Newhall, Aberdeenshire, in Scotland. He joined the military service of the British East India Company at 17 and saw action in the Indian sub-continent in the early 1790s. In 1795, he was involved in the taking of Malacca from the Dutch and by 1803, he was appointed Commandant of the settlement. On 5 February 1819, Raffles appointed Farquhar, known to be a practical and pragmatic man, as Resident and Commandant of Singapore. Munshi Abdullah, in Hikayat Abdullah, described Farquhar as “patient and tolerant of other people’s faults”. Bringing together materials from William Farquhar’s descendents, collections from the National Library of Singapore and various agencies, this exhibition will provide an insight into the often-untold contributions of William Farquhar in the development of early Singapore.

Event Date: 31 March 2010 - 31 August 2010 Contact Person: National Library Singapore
Venue: National Library Building Email:
Country: Singapore Tel: 6332 3255

Registration Website: http://golibrary.nlb.gov.sg

Submitted by National Library Marketing, National Library Singapore on Wednesday, 31 March 2010 at 10:00 AM
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