Richard Ford (East Grinstead MP)
Richard Ford was an English politician who sat in the house of Commons from 1789 to 1791.
Ford was elected as a Member of Parliament for the borough of East Grinstead in Sussex at an unopposed by-election in February 1789. He held that seat until the general election in 1790, when he was returned unopposed for the borough of Appleby in Westmorland.
He served less than a year as an MP for Appleby, until he resigned from the Commons in early 1791 by accepting the post of Steward of East Hendred..
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.
