FORD, JOHN BUTLER; b.; adm. 1803; in school lists May 1803, Oct 1803; absent Whitsun – Bartholomewtide 1803.
Ford, John, son of Elias Ford OBE, goods manager GWR, and Maud, d. of William Miners of Stoke, Devonport; b. 29 Mar. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (B); left Apr. 1932; Lincoln Theol. Coll. 1938-40; ord. deacon 1940, priest 1941 (Bristol); Curate Stoke Bishop, Gloucs, 1940-4, Cirencester 1942-3, Tewkesbury 1943-4; Rector of Wolverton, Warks, 1944-5; Vicar of Seathwaite, Lancs, 1945-50; of Wigton, Cumberland, 1950-6; Rector of Wootton Courtenay with Luccombe, Somerset, 1957-61; Vicar of Brampton, Cumbria, 1961-7; Rector of Aikton, Cumbria, 1967-72; Curate-in-charge St John the Evangelist, Waterloo Rd, Lond., 1972-6; retd 1976; m. 9 Nov. 1936 Jean, d. of Sydney Adams Winstanley of Urmston, Lancs.; d. 1996.
FORD, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 13) Sep 1722.
FORD, SIR RICHARD, brother of Thomas Ford (qv); b.; adm. 3 Jun 1765; left Christmas 1774; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Nov 1777, called to bar 18 Nov 1782; formed a connection with Dorothy Bland (the actress Mrs Jordan), which lasted until she became the mistress of the future King William IV; MP East Grinstead 27 Feb 1789-90, Appleby 1790 - May 1791; Police Magistrate at Shadwell 1792-6, Bow Street from 1797, Chief Magistrate from 1800; knighted 16 Dec 1801; originator of the Bow Street Horse Patrol 1805; member, board of management, Drury Lane Theatre 1802; m. Marianne, dau. of Benjamin Booth, The Adelphi, Westminster; d. 3 May 1806, aged 47.
FORD, THOMAS, eldest son of James Ford MD LRCP, Physician Extraordinary to Queen Charlotte, and Anne Hole; b. 1742; adm. 1755 (Leicestershire and Rutland Notes and Queries ii, 284-5); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 2 Jan 1759, Canoneer Student 3 Jan 1759 - void 24 Dec 1774, expiry year of grace as V. Melton Mowbray; BA 1762; MA 1765; DCL 1770; ordained; lecturer, Duke’s Place, Aldgate; Chaplain, Second Troop, Horse Guards, 1 Jun 1771; Vicar of Melton Mowbray, Leics. , 20 Dec 1773 - Jun 1820; an authority on church music; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Isaac Sage, Stanmore, Middlesex, and Cheapside, London, haberdasher; d. 13 May 1821, aged 78.
FORDYCE, ---; b.; adm. 16 Jun 1790 (Clapham); at school Whitsun 1791. [Perhaps same individual as last]
FORDYCE, ---; b.; in school list Dec 1788.
FOREBENCH, CHARLES; b. ; adm. ; KS Jan 1609/10 (Chapter Lease Book 1605-10, f. 261); Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, matr. 1612; BA 1616; MA 1620; ordained deacon 11 Jun 1620, priest 12 Jun 1620 (both Peterborough); Rector of Great Henny, Essex 8 Aug 1634 - sequestered 1642; during sequestration seems to have served parish of Sandford-on-Thames, Oxfordshire; restored to Great Henny; m. [by 1647] Susan --- (IGI); d. 1666.
FORESTER, CECIL WILLIAM, brother of George Townshend Forester (qv); b. 2 Apr 1808; adm. 15 Jun 1819 (Packharness'); Ensign, 52nd Foot 1 Aug 1826; Lieut., 14 May 1829; Capt., 4 Dec 1835; Maj., 16 Jan 1846; Lieut. -Col., 22 Aug 1851; half-pay 80th Foot 3 Jun 1853; 3rd West India Regt., 7 Jun 1854, retired same day; Assistant Serjeant-at-Arms, House of Commons; m. 7 Dec 1852 Henrietta Maria, widow of Capt. Lord Henry Russell, Royal Navy, and dau. of Adm. Hon. Sir Robert Stopford GCB MP, Royal Navy; d. 6 Dec 1881.
FORESTER, CECIL, second son of William Forester MP, Dothill, Shropshire, and Catherine. only child of William Brooke, Clerkenwell, London; b.; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1733; left 1737; Cornet, 4th Dragoons 16 Jul 1739; Capt., 47th Foot 17 Mar 1743/4; Maj., 46th Foot 24 Feb 1748; Lieut. -Col., 24 Jan 1752; 11th Foot, 30 Dec 1755; retd. 5 May 1760; MP Wenlock 1761-8; of Ross Hall, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire; m. 14 Apr 1761 (IGI) Anne, dau. of Robert Townshend, Christleton, Cheshire, Recorder of Chester; d. 22 Aug 1774.