Richard Ford (East Grinstead MP)
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
He served less than a year as an MP for Appleby,).
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
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
- ^ 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
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