James Esmond Farrell
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James Esmond Farrell (14 October 1909 – 1 September 1968) was a New Zealand diplomat.
Farrell was born in Ashburton on 14 October 1909.[1] He was educated at St Thomas's Academy, Oamaru and Sacred Heart College in Auckland.[2] In 1935, he married Mercia Taylor, with whom he had three sons and a daughter[1]
He was a member of the Oamaru Trotting Club executive from 1931 to 1965 and was for 12 years president of the club and later vice-president of the New Zealand Trotting Conference. He also served for several years as a member of the Totalisator Agency Board.[3] In World War II, Farrell served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force.[3]
He attended the University of Canterbury, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 1945.[4] At university, he was nominated for a Rhodes Scholarship.[3] Farrell was a barrister and solicitor and the senior partner in the legal firm of Hjorring, Tait and Farrell.[3] He was also a contributor to the Law Journal.[2]
Farrell studied international affairs at several European and American-based organisations and lectured extensively on the subject. He was also a radio speaker on European and Commonwealth affairs. Farrell was the president of the Oamaru branch of the Royal Over-Seas League and an associate member of the British Atlantic Committee and the British Society for International Understanding.[2]
Farrell was the Oamaru electorate president of the National Party.[3] Farrell was also a member of the National Party's Dominion Council.[2] He had sought the National nomination for Oamaru at the 1946 election but was unsuccessful.[5]
In 1965, the Second National Government appointed Farrell as New Zealand's Resident High Commissioner to India. He held the post until 1968.[6]
He died in Oamaru on 1 September 1968. His wife and four children survived him.[3]
Notes
- 1 2 Petersen 1964, pp. 125.
- 1 2 3 4 "High Commissioner to India". The Press. Vol. CIV, no. 30863. 23 September 1965. p. 1.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Obituary - Mr J. E. Farrell". The Press. Vol. CIX, no. 32082. 2 September 1969. p. 14.
- ↑ "NZ university graduates 1871–1961: F". shadowsoftime. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ↑ "Oamaru Seat - National Candidate". Otago Daily Times. No. 26222. 5 August 1946. p. 4.
- ↑ "Heads of Missions List: I". New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 8 July 2006. Archived from the original on 30 September 2006.
References
- Petersen, George Conrad (1964). Who's Who in New Zealand, 1964 (8th ed.). Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed.
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| Preceded by | Resident High Commissioner to India 1965–1968 |
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