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.
FORESTER, GEORGE TOWNSHEND, elder son of Rev. Townshend Forester DD, Rector of Broseley, Shropshire, and Prebendary of Worcester, and Anna Maria, dau. of Maj. Charles Byne, Shrewsbury, Shropshire; grandson of Cecil Forester (qv); b. 31 Dec 1805; adm. 20 May 1818 (Packharness); Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 May 1824; BA 1828; farmer, High Ercal, Shropshire; d. unm. 1 Mar 1895.
FORESTER, HENRY WILLIAM, only son of Maj. Francis Forester MP, Royal Horse Guards, St. James’s Place, London, and Lady Louisa Catherine Barbara Vane, eldest dau. of William Henry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland KG; b. 12 Feb 1819; adm. (G) 16 Jan 1832; rowed against Eton 12 May 1836; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 8 Dec 1837; BA 1841; MA 1844; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 May 1844, called to bar 9 May 1848; m. 1 Feb 1858 Hon. Eleanor Alexandrina Fraser, dau. of Hon. William Fraser and sister of Alexander Fraser, 17th Baron Saltoun; d. 7 Jan 1891 [or 1901 : check].