James Anson Farrer (24 July 1849 – 21 June 1925), best known asJames A. Farrer was an Englishbarrister and writer.

Farrer was born inLondon, his parents were Rev. Matthew Thomas Farrer and Mary Louisa Anson.^[1] He was educated atBalliol College, Oxford and worked as a barrister. He lived inIngleborough and married Elizabeth Georgiana Anne in 1877.^[2]

He also worked as aJP inWestmorland.^[2]

• Primitive Manners and Customs (1879)
• Zululand and the Zulus (1879)
• Crimes And Punishments (1880)
• Military Manners and Customs (1885)
• Paganism and Christianity (1891)
• Books Condemned to be Burnt (1892)
• Literary Forgeries (1907) [with an introduction byAndrew Lang]
• The Monarchy in Politics (1917)
• The War for Monarchy, 1793-1815 (1920)
• England Under Edward VII (1922)

• High Sheriff of Yorkshire

• Works by James Anson Farrer atProject Gutenberg
• Works by or about James Anson Farrer at theInternet Archive

• 1849 births
• 1925 deaths
• Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
• British critics of Christianity
• English barristers
• English justices of the peace
• English non-fiction writers
• High sheriffs of Yorkshire

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