Richard Ford (MP)

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

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

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]).

References

  1. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ London Gazette: no. 13220. p. 457. 20 July 1790. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
  4. ^ a b Stooks Smith, page 560
  5. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
  6. ^ a b London Gazette: no. 13310. p. 299. 21 May 1791. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
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