James Anson Farrer

James Anson Farrer (24 July 1849 – 21 June 1925), best known as James A. Farrer was an English barrister and writer.

Biography

Farrer was born in London, his parents were Rev. Matthew Thomas Farrer and Mary Louisa Anson. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford and worked as a barrister. He lived in Ingleborough and married Elizabeth Georgiana Anne in 1877.

He also worked as a JP in Westmorland.

Publications

Primitive Manners and Customs (1879) Zululand and the Zulus (1879) Crimes and Punishments (1880) – translation of Cesare Beccaria's Dei delitti e delle pene along with introductory chapters Military Manners and Customs (1885) Paganism and Christianity (1891) Books Condemned to be Burnt (1892) Literary Forgeries (1907) [with an introduction by Andrew Lang] The Monarchy in Politics (1917) The War for Monarchy, 1793-1815 (1920) England Under Edward VII (1922)