Claud Farie

Claud Farie, sometimes spelled Claude Farie (5 December 1816 – 22 August 1870)[1] was sheriff and politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.

[1] Farie was born in Farme, near Glasgow, Scotland, the son of James Farie and his wife Jane, née Scott.

[1] Farie arrived in the Port Phillip District in January 1840.

[2] In April 1854, Farie was elected to the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council for Villiers and Heytesbury.

[1] Farie died at his residence in Coburg, Victoria on 22 August 1870;[2] he had married Jane Cox on 18 December 1845 in Launceston, Tasmania.