| 词条 | Richard Ford (Southampton MP) |
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He was the younger son of merchant Thomas Ford of Exeter, Devon and educated at Exeter College, Oxford and Gray's Inn. He moved to live in Rotterdam, from where he supplied the Royalist Forces during the English Civil War. He was a member of the Merchant Adventurers by 1644, acting as governor from 1660 to 1675. He returned to England in 1652 and was a Commissioner of the East India Company (1658–1663, 1664–1665) and Deputy Governor of the Royal Adventurers in Africa Company (1663). He was knighted in 1660.[1] He was elected MP for Southampton in 1661 and proved an active member, serving on many committees. He was made an Alderman in London the same year and a Deputy Lieutenant for London a year later, positions he held until his death. He was elected Sheriff of London for 1663–64 and Lord Mayor of London for 1670–71. He served on a number of public Commissions.[1] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1673.[2] After his death in 1678 he was buried at Bexley. He had married Grace and had 2 sons and 3 daughters.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/ford-sir-richard-1614-78| title= FORD, Sir Richard (c.1614-78), of Seething Lane, London and Baldwins, Dartford, Kent.|publisher= History of Parliament Online|accessdate = 7 May 2014}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ford, Richard}}{{England-business-bio-stub}}{{England-pre1707-MP-stub}}2. ^{{cite web| url=https://collections.royalsociety.org/DServe.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=11&dsqSearch=%28%28text%29%3D%27Ford%27%29|title=Fellow Details|publisher= Royal Society|accessdate = 7 May 2014}} 8 : 1610s births|1678 deaths|Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford|Members of Gray's Inn|English MPs 1661–1679|Sheriffs of the City of London|17th-century Lord Mayors of London|Fellows of the Royal Society |
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