Admiral Sir Arthur Farquhar KCB (9 January 1815 – 29 January 1908) was a British Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth.

[1] He took part in the bombardment of Acre during the Oriental Crisis in 1840.

[1] There is a memorial to Farquhar in Christ Church, Kincardine O'Neil.

[3] In 1851 Farquhar married Ellen Rickman; the couple had nine sons and four daughters.

[2] He was an investor in the coal mines of Robert Dunsmuir.