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Baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
McFarland baronets
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Escutcheon of the McFarland baronets of Aberfoyle
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Creation date
| 1914
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Status
| vacant
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Motto
| This I'll defend
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The
McFarland Baronetcy
, of Aberfoyle in the County of Londonderry, is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
. It was created on 23 January 1914 for the Irish businessman
John McFarland
. He was founder of and a partner in the firm of McCrea and McFarland, engineering contractors, of
Belfast
and
Derry
, Chairman of Mulhollands, drapers, and owner of the Lough Swilly Steamship Company, and also served as
Mayor of Londonderry
. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He was a businessman, a
Senator of Northern Ireland
, Mayor of Londonderry,
Lord Lieutenant of the City of Londonderry
and an Irish
Rugby union
international. The third Baronet was a member of the Londonderry Corporation and a
Deputy Lieutenant
of the City of the County of Londonderry from 1956 to 1982.
McFarland baronets, of Aberfoyle (1914)
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The
heir apparent
is the present holder's son Max Anthony McFarland (born 1993).
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