Colonel Henry Farr, Essex Trained Bands, later royalist
Artwork by Graham Turner, from 'Edgehill 1642', copyright Osprey Publishing part of Bloomsbury
Personal details
Title
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Name
Henry Farr
Also known as
Hen Farr
Gender
Male
Described occupation
Occupation unknown
Military status
Officer
Military Rank
Colonel
Family details
In a petition to Charles II in 1682, Farr claimed to have seventeen surviving children to provide for. He lost the last of many wives in childbirth with his twenty-fourth child in 1682, at which time he declared he was aged 85! (TNA, SP29/421, fols 97 and 200; SP 44/71, fol. 67)