James Esmond Farrell

James Esmond Farrell (14 October 1909 – 1 September 1968) was a New Zealand diplomat.

Biography Farrell was born in Ashburton on 14 October 1909. He was educated at St Thomas's Academy, Oamaru and Sacred Heart College in Auckland. In 1935, he married Mercia Taylor, with whom he had three sons and a daughter

He was a member of the Oamaru Trotting Club executive from 1931 to 1965 and was for 12 years president of the club and later vice-president of the New Zealand Trotting Conference. He also served for several years as a member of the Totalisator Agency Board.

He attended the University of Canterbury, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 1945. At university, he was nominated for a Rhodes Scholarship.

In 1965, the Second National Government appointed Farrell as New Zealand's Resident High Commissioner to India. He held the post until 1968.

He died in Oamaru on 1 September 1968. His wife and four children survived him.