Leslie Farrer

Summary

Sir Walter Leslie Farrer KCVO (30 January 1900 – 6 March 1984) was a British solicitor. He was Private Solicitor to both King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II. He married Marjorie Laura Pollock, daughter of Ernest Pollock, 1st Viscount Hanworth. They had one son, Sir Matthew Farrer (also a partner at Farrer & Co), and one daughter.

Sir
Walter Leslie Farrer
Born(1900-01-30)30 January 1900
Died6 March 1984(1984-03-06) (aged 84)
EducationRugby School
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
OccupationSolicitor
Known forPrivate Solicitor to both King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II
SpouseMarjorie Laura Pollock
Children1
RelativesSir Matthew Farrer (son)
Ernest Pollock, 1st Viscount Hanworth (father-in-law)

He was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford.

He wrote a letter to the Times, about Ernest Gellner.[1]

References

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  1. ^ A Ved Mehta reader: the craft of the essay. Yale University Press. 1998. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-300-07561-8. Leslie Farrer solicitor.

Sources

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  • FARRER, Sir (Walter) Leslie’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 22 May 2011