Family and Education
b. ?1656, s. of Thomas Farrer of Harrold, Beds. and Aylesbury, Bucks. by Helen, 1st da. of Sir William Boteler of Biddenham and Harrold, Beds. educ. I. Temple 1667, called 1677; Trinity, Oxf. 16 Feb. 1672, aged 15. m. (1) 2 Mar. 1680, Mary da. and coh. of William Boteler of Biddenham 1s. 3da.; (2) Elizabeth, s.p. suc. fa. 1703.
Offices Held
Dep. recorder, Bedford; K.C. 1699; commr. for army debts 1700 – 05; chairman of committees of supply and ways and means 1708 – 10, 1715 – 27; clerk of the pipe 1710 – 11; master of St. Katherine’s Hospital by the Tower 1715–27.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Biddenham, Beds.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
FARRER, William (?1656-1737)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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