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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.