Harold Farquhar

Sir Harold Lister Farquhar (15 April 1894 – 31 January 1953) was a British diplomat who served as Minister to the Ethiopian Empire from 1946 to 1948 and Ambassador to Sweden from 1948 to 1951.

Early life and education Farquhar was born on 15 April 1894, the son of Ernest Farquhar of Whiteway House, Devon. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford.

Career Farquhar served in World War I in Europe with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the Life Guards and Lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards and was awarded the Military Cross. After the War, he served with the rank of Captain on the general staff of the Army of Occupation from 1918 to 1922.

Farquhar entered the Diplomatic Service in 1922. He served in British missions in Warsaw, Madrid, Budapest, Rome, Mexico, Bucharest, Cairo and Tehran. After being posted to the Foreign Office in 1939, he served as Consul-General at Barcelona from 1941 to 1945, and Minister (head of mission) to the Ethiopian Empire at Addis Ababa from 1946 to 1948. He served as British Ambassador to Sweden from 1948 until 1951 when he retired from the post due to ill health.

Personal life and death Farquhar married Constance Capell in 1917 and they had two sons. and promoted to Knight Commander (KCMG) in the 1950 New Year Honours. In the 1919 Birthday Honours, he was awarded the Military Cross (MC) in connection with military operations in France and Flanders.