1829 - 1919 Person Name: J. Downing Farrer Composer of "SPEED THE MESSAGE" in The Church Missionary Hymn Book Born: Circa February 1829, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.
Died: Circa February 1919, Christchurch District, Hampshire, England.
Farrer and his wife were living in Lowestoft as of 1881, and Farrer was in Bournemouth in 1901.
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John Downing Farrer