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About Sir Walter Farquhar, 1st Baronet
Sir Walter Farquhar, 1st Baronet was a Scottish physician of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, whose clientele included many of the leading figures of the day, including the Prince of Wales and the Prime Minister William Pitt. Farquhar abandoned his medical studies at King's College, Aberdeen to join the British Army as a surgeon during the Seven Years' War. He later worked as an apothecary in London and qualified as a physician, becoming popular with royalty and politicians and receiving a baronetcy for his services.
Everything about Sir Walter Farquhar, 1st Baronet →- Occupation
- military physician
- Born
- October 1738
- Died
- March 30, 1819, March 21, 1819