John Ord

John Ord (1729–1814) was an English barrister and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1790.

John Ord (Henry Edridge, 1806)

Life

The son of Robert Ord and Mary Darnell, he was educated at Newcome's School in Hackney and Trinity College, Cambridge. He graduated B.A. in 1750, and then held a lay fellowship.[1][2][3]

Called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, Ord in 1777 became Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster, and in 1778 master in chancery. He stood unsuccessfully for Morpeth in 1761.[4] He was Member of Parliament for Midhurst, Hastings, and Wendover (1774–1790), and was some time chairman of ways and means in the House of Commons.[1]

Ord's Apple

Ord was known also for his garden at Purser's Cross near Fulham in London, which he laid out in 1756, and where exotic trees grew.[5] The variety "Ord's Apple" was raised there by his sister-in-law Anne Simpson.[6] Also known as "Simpson's Pippin" or "Simpson's Seedling", it was from seed of the Newtown Pippin.[7]

Ord was a member of the Horticultural Society, and from 1780 a Fellow of the Royal Society.[8] He died on 6 June 1814, and was buried in Fulham churchyard.[1]

Notes
  1. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Ord, Robert" . Dictionary of National Biography. 42. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. "Ord, John (ORT746J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. Nicholas Hans (1998). New Trends in Education in the 18th Century. Routledge. p. 243. ISBN 0-415-17611-5.
  4. historyofparliamentonline.org, Ord, John (1729-1814), of Bingfield, Northumb.
  5. John Henry Brady (1838). A new pocket guide to London and its environs. Parker. p. 566. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  6. Robert Hogg (1851). British Pomology; or, The history, description, classification, and synonymes, of the fruits and fruit trees of Great Britain. Vo.1, The apple. p. 148. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  7. Charles McIntosh (1839). The Orchard: Including the Management of Wall and Standard Fruit Trees, and the Forcing Pit; with Selected Lists and Synonymes of the Most Choice Varieties. W. S. Orr. p. 26. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  8. McConnell, Anita. "Ord, Robert". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20809. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Ord, Robert". Dictionary of National Biography. 42. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Herbert Mackworth
Clement Tudway		 Member of Parliament for Midhurst
1774 –1780
With: Hon. Henry Seymour-Conway		 Succeeded by
Hon. John St John
Hon. Henry Drummond
Preceded by
Henry Temple
Charles Jenkinson		 Member of Parliament for Hastings
1780–1784
With: Henry Temple		 Succeeded by
John Dawes
John Stanley
Preceded by
Richard Smith
John Mansell Smith		 Member of Parliament for Wendover
1784–1790
With: Robert Burton		 Succeeded by
John Barker Church
Hon. Hugh Seymour-Conway
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