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Name: FARQUHAR, Charles Gordon Darroch (Capt.)
Nee: 7th son of Admiral Sir Arthur Farquhar
Birth Date: 12 Feb 1867 Aboyne, Aberdeenshire
Death Date: 3 July 1946 Aberdeen
Nationality: British
First Date: 1898
Last Date: 1902
Profession: Together with C.H. Ryall he was seconded from the Punjab Police and became a Superintendent of the Railway Police. In 1902 he was appointed as the first Inspector General of the BEA Police but soon after returned to his former appointment in India.
Area: Mazeras 1898, Kilindini 1899
Married: In Market Drayton 16 Apr 1903 Lelia Dorothy Stanier b. 12 June 1877 Bettley, Staffs., d. 26 Feb 1961 Aberdeen
Children: Eleanor Doris (Poe) (7 Jan 1904 London-1988); Charles Robert Stanier (9 Apr 1906 Simla-1968); Caroline Mary (Pinker) (18 Sep 1907 Market Drayton-1996); Margaret (12 Apr 1909 London-1910)
Book Reference: Gillett, Police, North, Playne, Web, Fox Davies
School: Clifton
General Information:
Police - The majority of the Railway Police were recruited in India or from amongst the Punjabi coolies building the Railway. By 1899 the necessity for qualified Police Officers to control them had become very apparent, and the services of C.G.D. Farquhar and C.H. Ryall were secured in February of that year from the Punjab Police on a period of secondment. ... was given the rank of Superintendent. ... In February 1902, as Superintendent of the Railway Police, he was appointed as the first Inspector General of the BEA Police and charged with the reorganization of the Police Force. ..... But he only remained for a month or two longer at Mombasa and then returned to his former appointment in the Punjab Police from which he had been seconded.
North - Tsavo 3/12/1898 to help find man-eating lions; Issued with Public Officer's Game Licence at Nairobi 11/1/1901; Appt. Railway Magistrate 27/5/1902; Police Superintendent; Inspector General of EAP Police 1902
Playne - The railway police force was started about the beginning of 1897 by Mr Napier, one of the district engineers, as camp police, and was composed of Indians recruited from the railway coolies. Later, when the necessity for European police officers was felt, Messrs Farquhar and Ryall of the Punjab Police were seconded, the former given command of the railway police with the rank of Superintendent and the latter was appointed Assistant-Superintendent. ......... In 1902 Mr Farquhar was appointed Inspector-General to amalgamate the police and station Askaris into one force, but only remained in this position for a month or two, when he returned to his former appointment in the Punjab Police.
North - Not recommended for permanent appt. to EAP police ' ….. an unreasonable prejudice against all African natives' ……. 'completely lacking in tact in dealing with Sub-Commissioners & Collectors' (Frederick Jackson, FO 2) ' ……… a very poor magistrate' (Patterson, RH)
North - At Tsavo looking for man-eating lions 3-12-1898; end of Railway contract 1-9-1902
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