Master Alfred Farquhar

A carte-de-visite portrait of Master Alfred Farquhar (1852-1928).

Alfred Farquhar was the son of the banker Harvie Morton Farquhar (1816-1887) of Herries Farquhar Bank. He appears on the 1861 census living with his parents and siblings at 60, Lowndes Square, Knightsbridge. Aged 8 at the time of the census, he was born in Chelsea.

Alfred Farqhar followed his father into the banking business. He died in 1928.

Photographed by Camille Silvy of London on 17 September 1861.