(2 July 1819 – 7 February 1904) was a British born Australian Anglican priest; headmaster of St Peter's College from 1854 to 1879.
Farr was born in Tottenham, London, a son of John Farr, and was admitted to Christ's Hospital school shortly after his eighth birthday, the youngest boy in the school of 700 students; the future Sir H. S. Maine, and Canon Buckle of Wells, were fellow-students.
With an eye on a career in Law, he entered the Middle Temple, and after graduating read with a leading conveyancer, but abandoned his studies to take holy orders.
He was eight years in Cornwall, serving at Redruth and St Buryan, and for a time the cure of Stapleton, in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol.
[1] Three years after his arrival in Adelaide he was appointed Canon of St Peter's Cathedral, serving in that position concurrently with his college duties, and assisted in laying its foundation stone on 29 June 1869.
[4] In 1879 Dr. Farr resigned from St Peter's College, and in 1880 was appointed Archdeacon of the missionary districts in the Diocese of Adelaide, a position which entailed many long and arduous journeys.
He was not a great orator or theologian, which may account for his lack of promotion to the higher offices in the Church, but a quiet un-ostentatious worker, good friend and wise counsellor to students, fellow educators and parishioners.