Richard Ford (East Grinstead MP)
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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 Grinstead in Sussex 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 Appleby in Westmorland.[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, as it was went against the wishes of Ford's father.[7] Ford later married Benjamin Booth's daughter and heiress. His eldest son from this marriage was also named Richard Ford known for his travel writings about Spain and art collection.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 13220. p. . 20 July 1790.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Stooks Smith, page 560
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The London Gazette: no. 13310. p. . 21 May 1791.
- ↑ The Volume of the Walpole Society, volume 60, "The Ford Collection", p. 380.
- ↑ Richard Ford DNB
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for East Grinstead 1789–1790 With: George Medley |
Succeeded by Nathaniel Dance William Hamilton Nisbet |
| Preceded by | 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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