Sir Walter Farquhar, 5th Baronet

Captain Sir Walter Randolph Fitzroy Farquhar, 5th Baronet (31 May 1878 – 15 October 1918) was an English diplomat and soldier of Scottish heritage.

Early life Farquhar was born on 31 May 1878. He was the only son of Walter Randolph Farquhar (1842–1901) and Hon. Kathleen Mary Bateson (1852–1935). His maternal grandparents were Thomas Bateson, 1st Baron Deramore and Hon. Caroline Rice-Trevor (a daughter of the 4th Baron Dynevor, MP for Carmarthenshire). He also served for some time as Assistant Private Secretary to Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath while Bath was Under-Secretary of State for India.

Military service A temporary Captain in the Royal Army Service Corps and in the Royal Field Artillery, he fought in World War I in the Gallipoli campaign, and in Egypt and France. He also served as aide-de-camp to Brig.-Gen. Albemarle Cator, 58th (2/1st London) Division. Sir Walter was killed in action at the Front in France on 15 October 1918.

Upon the death of his uncle, Sir Henry Farquhar, 4th Baronet, on 15 January 1916, he succeeded as the 5th Baronet Farquhar, which had been created in 1796 for his ancestor, Walter Farquhar, a prominent Scottish physician. Together, they lived in Eaton Square in London's Belgravia district,

Following his death on 15 October 1918, at age 40, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, Peter, He left an estate of £18,391.