Overview
Sidney Mary Catherine Anne Farrar (17 April 1900 - 1987) was a British settler in Kenya and the first woman elected to the Legislative Council of Kenya.
Early life
Farrar was born in London, to Sidney Hobart-Hampden-Mercer-Henderson, 7th Earl of Buckinghamshire and his wife Georgiana.
In 1924 she married Captain Thomas Innes Farrar, a war veteran, in London, and in 1926 they moved to a farm in Kenya, settling at Mau Summit. In 1934, Thomas died leaving Farrar alone with their son Thomas.
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
During the First World War she joined the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and served in France.
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