George Farmer (Royal Navy officer)
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George Farmer, portrait by Charles Grignion the Younger
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| Born | 1732 |
| Died | 6 October 1779 Aboard HMS Quebec |
| Allegiance |
 Great Britain
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
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| Years of service | – 1779 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Commands held |
HMS Swift HMS Tamar HMS Seahorse HMS Quebec |
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George Farmer (1732 – 6 October 1779) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Farmer was son of John Farmer, of a Northamptonshire family settled at Youghal in Ireland. He went to sea at an early age in the merchant service, and afterwards, entering the navy, served as a midshipman of the 60-gun HMS Dreadnought with Captain Maurice Suckling in the West Indies, and aboard HMS Achilles, on the home station, with the Hon. Samuel Barrington. In May 1759 he was promoted to be lieutenant of the frigate HMS Aurora, in which he served until January 1761 on the home station.
He was then placed on half-pay, and settled for the time in Norwich, where he had been previously employed on the impress service, and where he now married. In 1766 he is said to have given assistance in suppressing a riot there, and to have been promoted to the rank of commander in May 1768, in consequence of the representations of the local magistrates.
He had, however, no active employment till September 1769, when he was appointed to command the 14-gun sloop HMS Swift. In her he went out to the Falkland Islands, where, on his arrival in the following March, he found that the Spanish, having established themselves at Puerto Soledad, had sent to Port Egmont, peremptorily ordering the English to quit the settlement, precipitating the Falklands Crisis. As there was no English force to resist any aggression, the senior officer, Captain Hunt, decided to go to England with the news, leaving Farmer in command.
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