Thomas Cecil Farrer, 2nd Baron Farrer, 2nd Baronet (25 October 1859-12 April 1940) was the second Baron Farrer. He was the eldest son of Thomas Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer and his first wife Frances Erskine.
In 1892 Farrer married Evelyn Spring-Rice, daughter of The Hon. Charles Spring-Rice, the son of Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon. They had one son (Cecil Claude Farrer, 3rd Baron Farrer, born 1893) and two daughters (Frances Farrer (born 1895) and Katharine Dianthe Farrer (born 1896) who married Edward Ettingdene Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges). In 1903 he remarried to Evangeline Knox, daughter of Octavius Knox. They had one son (Oliver Farrer, 4th Baron Farrer) and one daughter.
Farrer was a long-term member of the board of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (a forerunner of the London Underground).
He resided at Abinger Hall, in Dorking, Surrey.
Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
---|---|---|
Preceded by Thomas Farrer |
Baron Farrer 1899–1940 |
Succeeded by Cecil Farrer |