Richard Martin Farndale
17 April 1963
FAR01122
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Richard Martin Farndale is the son of
Martin Baker and Margaret Anne Farndale, (FAR00911). He married Charlotte Winifred Blanche Coutts in
1990. Their son, James Martin Richard Farndale (FAR01317) was born in 1994. Their daughter, Sarah
Louise Farndale (FAR01333) was born in 1997.
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Richard went to
Lancing College and on to Durham University where he was awarded a BA Hons in
Anthropology.
He went to the Royal
Military Academy at Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Royal
Artillery. He served in Germany, Cyprus (Operations Officer, UN), the
Gulf War (Artillery Forward Observation Officer) and in the UK. He served with
Second Field Regiment Royal Artillery and First Regiment Royal Horse Artillery,
of which he was Adjutant. He was in the Territorial Army between 1995-2000. He
commanded HQ Battery and then 207 Battery, 105 Regiment Royal Artillery (V).
Following his
army service, he completed an LLM Degree (Distinction) in Law at the University
of Edinburgh and subsequently a Maters Degree, LLM in Construction Law
(Distinction) University of Strathclyde. He was a Director at Burness Paull
LLP. He was Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in Scotland from
April 2017 to April 2019.
Leader Durham
University South Turkana Expedition to Lokori in
north Kenya; Anglo Kenyan Lake Turkana Expedition 1985 to Lake Turkana;
President Durham University Exploration Society; Fellow of the Royal
Geographical Society; Leader military Expedition "Turkana Triangle"
1987 in the footsteps of Count Teleki, crossing the Suguta
Valley, one of Africa's hottest furnaces. Leader military expedition across the
deserts of South West America in 1989. Summitted Kilimanjaro in 2013.
Family historian
and the author of this website.