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Sir Richard Ford (1758 – 3 May 1806)[1] was an English politician who sat in the house of Commons from 1789 to 1791.

Ford was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of East GrinsteadinSussex at an unopposed by-election[2] in February 1789.[1] He held that seat until the general election in 1790,[2] when he was returned unopposed for the borough of ApplebyinWestmorland.[3][4]

He served less than a year as an MP for Appleby,[5] until he resigned from the Commons in early 1791[4] by accepting the post of Steward of East Hendred.[6] (The by-election for his successor was held in May 1791[6]).

After serving the Undersecretary of State in the home office, Richard Ford was for many years chief police magistrate of London, for which services he was knighted. Ford lived some years with actress Dorothea Jordan, who had three children by him, one of whom died. She left him when his promises of marriage were not fulfilled, because it went against the wishes of Ford's father.[7] Ford later married Benjamin Booth's daughter and a heiress. His eldest son from this marriage was also named Richard Ford known for his travel writings about Spain and art collection.[8]

References[edit]

  • ^ a b Stooks Smith, Henry (1973) [1844–1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 551. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
  • ^ "No. 13220". The London Gazette. 20 July 1790. p. 457.
  • ^ a b Stooks Smith, page 560
  • ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
  • ^ a b "No. 13310". The London Gazette. 21 May 1791. p. 299.
  • ^ The Volume of the Walpole Society, volume 60, "The Ford Collection", p. 380.
  • ^ Richard Ford DNB
  • Parliament of Great Britain
    Preceded by

    Robert Cuninghame
    George Medley

    Member of Parliament for East Grinstead
    1789–1790
    With: George Medley
    Succeeded by

    Nathaniel Dance
    William Hamilton Nisbet

    Preceded by

    Richard Penn
    John Leveson-Gower

    Member of Parliament for Appleby
    1790–1791
    With: Robert Banks Jenkinson to Dec 1790
    William Grimston from Dec 1790
    Succeeded by

    John Rawdon
    William Grimston


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