Henry Frank Ward Farquharson

Henry Frank Ward Farquharson (c1879-1950)

1950 Died.

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1950 Obituary

A Pioneer Motorist Dorset, and the Blandford district in particular, has lost one of its most prominent figures by the death, on Wednesday, of Mr. Henry Frank Ward Farquharson. of Eastbury Park, Tarrant Gunville. Aged 71, Mr. Farquharson died in Blandford Hospital, where he had been undergoing treatment for the past week. He leaves three sons and a daughter. His wife died in 1943. and his eldest son. Mr. "Dick" Farquharson. died in 1929.

Son of the late Mr. Henry Richard Farquharson, of Eastbury Park, and great-grandson of the famous foxhunting Squire J. J. Farquharson. of Langton House, Blandford, the late Mr. Farquharson was educated at Eton and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he took a prominent part in the rowing activities of his college.

During the 1914-18 War he served in the Royal Flying Corps. Motoring and motor-cycling were his life-long hobbies. A pioneer motorist, he was one of the first men in Dorset to own a car, and bought his first mechanically propelled vehicle - a motortricycle - from the late Hon. C. S. Rolls, a founder of the famous Rolls-Royce firm. Mr. Farquharson was one of the first to race on the Brooklands track when it was opened and won many awards there. He retained an active Interest all forms of motor sport. He was president of the Southern Centre of the Auto Cycle Union, and president of the Blackmore Vale Motor Club. Earlier this year he acted as a judge at the road race meetings held by the Blackmore Vale Club at Blandford Camp. The Club often held grass track meetings at Eastbury Park, with Mr. Farquharson as one of the judges. Mr. Farquharson gave up serious motor racing in 1914. but continued to drive for very many years and during the last war rode a motorcycle for a time....

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