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FORD, GILBERT, brother of Thomas Ford (qv); b.; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1763; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1767, matr. 17 Jun 1767, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1767 - void 27 Jun 1780; BA 1771; MA 1774; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 20 Sep 1766; living at Newport, Pembrokeshire, in 1795; m. Temperance ---.

Ford, Henry Francis Paul, son of A. F. Ford, of Fulham; b. Jan. 14, 1883; adm. Jan. 21, 1897 (H); left April 1899; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. East Kent Regt. Aug. 29, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 4, 1917.

FORD, JAMES, brother of Thomas Ford (qv); b.; adm.; KS (aged 12) 1764; Edinburgh Univ.; MD 1777; LRCP 30 Sep 1779; Physician to St. George’s Hospital, London, 23 Jun 1786-93; m. Harriet Pleasance, dau. of Solomon Fell, a Sworn Clerk in the Six Clerks’ Office; d. 18 Apr 1799.

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.