Social Victorians/People/Farquhar

Also Known As

 * Family name: Farquhar
 * Earl Farquhar
 * Horace Brand Farquhar, 1st and last Earl Farquhar (30 November 1922 – 30 August 1923)
 * Viscount Farquhar
 * Horace Brand Farquhar (21 June 1917 – 30 August 1923)
 * Baron Farquhar
 * Horace Brand Farquhar (20 January 1898 – 30 August 1923
 * Baronet Farquhar
 * Horace Brand Farquhar (25 October 1892 – 30 August 1923)
 * Almeric William FitzRoy VIAF ID: 381041

Overview

 * This family is intertwined with the family of the Marquess of Camden, because Emilie Scott Farquhar was the mother of Mabel Emilie Scott, who married Captain Philip Green, who had first married the Marchioness of Camden after her husband had died.
 * Almeric Fitzroy is a separate question: check the Paget page for Almeric.

Timeline
1865 June 6, Emilie Packe and Sir Edward Henry Scott, 5th Bt. married.

1887 July 30, Katherine Farquhar and Almeric William FitzRoy married.

1888 June 19, Tuesday, Captain Philip Green and Miss Mabel Emllie Scott married.

1895 January 5, Emilie Packe Scott and Horace Brand Farquhar married.

1897 July 2, Friday, Lord and Lady Farquhar attended the Duchess of Devonshire's Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House, as did Mr. and Mrs. Almeric FitzRoy. (Sir Horace Brand Farquhar is #380 on the list of people who were present; Lady Emilie Farquhar is #639; Mr. Almeric FitzRoy is #587; Mrs. Katherine FitzRoy is #588.)

Lady Emilie Farquhar
At the Duchess of Devonshire’s 1897 Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Lady Emilie Farquhar was dressed as Duchess de Mailly, Lady in Waiting to Queen Marie Antoinette.

Lafayette's portrait (right) of "Emilie (née Packe), Viscountess Farquhar as Duchess de Mailly, Lady in Waiting to Queen Marie Antoinette" in costume is photogravure #43 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery. The printing on the portrait says, "Lady Farquhar as Duchess de Mailly, Lady in Waiting to Queen Marie Antoinette," with a Long S in Duchess.

The Duchesse de Mailly who was in Marie Antoinette's court was Marie-Jeanne de Mailly (1747-1792), who was a court official between 1770 and 1781.

Lady Emilie Farquhar was not mentioned in any press reports, but portraits of both Lord and Lady Farquhar were in the commemorative album of portraits.

Lord Horace Farquhar
Sir Horace Brand Farquhar was dressed as Count Egmont or a Burgher of Amsterdam. Lafayette's portrait (left) of "Horace Brand Farquhar, 1st Earl Farquhar as Count Egmont" in costume is photogravure #44 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery. The printing on the portrait says, "Sir Horace Farquhar Bart. M.P. as Count Egmont."
 * Sir Horace Farquhar was "a Dutch burgher after Rembrandt (one of the best costumes at the ball)."
 * "Sir Horace Farquhar's dress as a Burgher of Amsterdam was copied from a Rembandt [sic] picture."
 * "Sir Horace Farquhar [was] a Rembrandt, in brown cloth and velvet."
 * "Sir Horace Farquhar, jerkin of light brown cloth, appliqué with dark brown velvet, a band round the waist ornamented with gold; breeches same colour as jerkin; hose, silk café au lait; cloak of brown cloth, large and heavy, carried on right arm; Rembrandt ruff and cuffs; hat, large broad-brimmed beaver."
 * Lord Horace Farquhar's original costume ("Dutch gentleman of the 17th century") appeared in the Drury Lane production of the White Heather.

Count Egmont was probably Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522–1568), a Netherlandic political and military leader, associated with William of Orange and King Philip II of Spain, who had him executed for heresy and treason. Beethoven's 1810 Egmont Overture (and incidental music) were composed for a revival of Geothe's 1788 play of the same name.

An Earl of Egmont in the Peerage of Ireland existed at this time. Charles George Perceval, 7th Earl of Egmont died Sunday 5 September 1897, at 51, having sat in the House of Lords in the 1870s. Lamoral, Count of Egmont has been regarded as heroic since his death and is almost certainly the figure Sir Horace Farquhar was thinking of.

Mr. and Mrs. Almeric FitzRoy
Mr. Almeric FitzRoy and Mrs. Katherine FitzRoy attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.

Nationality

 * Almeric FitzRoy: British

Family

 * Sir Henry Thomas Farquhar, 4th Bt. (13 September 1838 – 15 January 1916)
 * Hon. Alice Brand (1840 – 20 March 1925)
 * Gertrude Farquhar (6 June 1863 – 14 June 1914)
 * Katherine Farquhar (7 January 1865 – 24 November 1933)
 * Lieutenant Trevor Farquhar (27 December 1865 – 23 October 1888)
 * Colonel Francis Douglas Farquhar (17 September 1874 – 20 March 1915)


 * Katherine Farquhar (7 January 1865 – 24 November 1933)
 * Sir Almeric William FitzRoy (12 November 1851 – 31 May 1935)
 * Nigel Horatio Trevor FitzRoy (4 July 1889 – 5 March 1953)
 * Yvonne Alice Gertrude FitzRoy (17 October 1891 – 20 March 1971)


 * Emilie Packe ( – 6 April 1922)
 * Sir Edward Henry Scott, 5th Bt. (19 February 1842 – 1 August 1883)
 * 1) Mabel Emilie Scott
 * 2) Anne Louisa Scott ( – 5 February 1936)
 * 3) Mary Scott ( – 6 June 1948)
 * Horace Brand Farquhar, 1st and last Earl Farquhar (18 May 1844 – 30 August 1923)