Description: Website in memory of Bruce Farthing
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Bruce Farthing was elected to the Court of Common Council of the Corporation of London representing the Ward of Aldgate (the shipping ward) in 1981 and served on a variety of committees, notably the Guildhall School of Music and Drama , and was, for a time, chairman of the Board of Governers of the City of London school . He consistently endeavoured to raise awareness of the importance of maritime affairs in the city and setup Maritime London recently to promote it as a shipping centre. He was a Freeman of
Bruce Farthing occupied a number of senior positions including Secretary General of the Council of European and Japanese National Shipowners Associations (CENSA) 1967-76; Rapporteur Sea Transport Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce (1976-96); and Director of the International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners ( INTERCARGO ) 1983-99. His book Farthing on International Shipping was first published in 1987 and is now in its third edition.
Educated at Cambridge, he was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1954 and was in government legal service until joining the Chamber of Shipping as a legal advisor in 1959. He married in the same year, and had 2 children, Anne & Richard . He remarried in 1986. Obituaries The Independent Service Order of service Text of eulogy by Richard Farthing Listen again Richard Farthing Erik Nordström Sir Clive Martin Eulogies in the City Aldgate Ward Newsletter Lord Levene (recording) Memorabilia 1999 retirement newsp