John Meredith Ford
Lord Mayor of Georgetown | |
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In office 1970–1972 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1923 Georgetown, British Guiana, British Empire |
Died | November 18, 1995 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States | (aged 71–72)
Spouse | Sarojini Janki |
Children | 4 (including Joy Ford Austin) |
Parent(s) | Ernest Lochmohr Ford Florence Jean Goring |
Relatives | Princess Ariana Austin Makonnen (granddaughter) |
Occupation | politician, businessman |
John Meredith Ford (1923 – November 18, 1995) was a Guyanese businessman and politician who served as the
Career
Ford was a businessman, civic leader, and political figure who served as the head of Governmental Ministries.[1] In the 1950s and 1960s, he worked as an executive at Weiting and Richter, a cold storage and ice depot.[2]
He worked as a business manager and executive in finance, real estate, sawmilling, sales, and furniture manufacturing in Guyana.[3] In his later life, he worked as a furniture salesman at Hub Furniture Stores in Maryland and owned and managed rental properties in Washington, D.C. and suburban Maryland.[3]
Politics
Ford served on the Georgetown city council and was director of government programs in business development.[3]
From 1970 to 1972, he served as the
Personal life
Ford was born in British Guiana to Ernest Lochmohr Ford and Florence Jean Goring.[5]
He married Sarojini Janki, an Indo-Guyanese woman who worked for the Ministry of Education and was the daughter of the first Presbyterian elder of Demerara.[6][1] They had four children: Joy, John Deep, Holly, and Sharada.[1] Ford is the grandfather of Princess Ariana Austin Makonnen.[7][8]
Ford and his family emigrated to the United States in 1982 and settled in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.[3]
In 1995, Ford suffered from a
References
- ^ a b c d e "Sarojini Ford Obituary - Fort Myers, FL". Dignity Memorial.
- ^ a b "SWEET DRINK: Wieting & Richter Ltd.: Cold Storage and Ice Depot – By Dr. Vibert Cambridge". August 2, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "John Meredith Ford, Investor and Salesman". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C., U.S. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "Avenue of the Republic!". Guyana Chronicle.
- ^ "FamilySearch.org". ancestors.familysearch.org.
- ^ "WR-7". August 2, 2021.
- ^ "Ethiopian royalty headed to Guyana". Guyana Chronicle.
- ^ "Guyanese-parented Ethiopia Princess Ariana Austin Makonnen to visit Guyana". September 6, 2019.
- ^ "Family tree of John Meredith Ford". Geneanet.