Richard Ford (East Grinstead MP)

Richard Ford (1758 – 3 May 1806)[1] was an English politician who sat in the house of Commons from 1789 to 1791.

For other people named Richard Ford, see Richard Ford (disambiguation).

Ford was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of East Grinstead in Sussex at an unopposed by-election[2] in February 1789.[1] He held that seat until the general election in 1790,[2] when he was returned unopposed for the borough of Appleby in Westmorland.[3][4]

He served less than a year as an MP for Appleby,[5] until he resigned from the Commons in early 1791[4] by accepting the post of Steward of East Hendred.[6] (The by-election for his successor was held in May 1791[6]).

Richard Ford was for many years chief police magistrate of London. He married Benjamin Booth's daughter and heiress. His eldest son was also Richard Ford who wrote about his travels in Spain.[7]

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
2. Stooks Smith, Henry (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 551. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
3. "No. 13220". The London Gazette. 20 July 1790. p. 457.
4. Stooks Smith, page 560
5. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
6. "No. 13310". The London Gazette. 21 May 1791. p. 299.
7. Richard Ford DNB

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Robert Cuninghame George Medley	Member of Parliament for East Grinstead 1789–1790 With: George Medley	Succeeded by Nathaniel Dance William Hamilton Nisbet
Preceded by Richard Penn John Leveson-Gower	Member of Parliament for Appleby 1790–1791 With: Robert Banks Jenkinson to Dec 1790 William Grimston from Dec 1790	Succeeded by John Rawdon William Grimston