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    Dr. James Ford<br>Birth name: James Ford<br>Also known as: Dr. James Ford<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: Jan 28 1717 - Banwell, Somerset, England&;lt;br>Christening: Feb 10 1717 - Banwell, Somerset, England<br>Marriage: Spouse: Anne Horne - May 16 1741 - Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, Gloucester, England<br>Death: Dec 19 1795 - Llangattock, Breconshire, Wales<br>Burial: 1785 - Llangattock, Breconshire, Wales<br>Occupation: Obstetric practice at the westend of London. He was physician extraordinary to queen Charlotte, physician extraordinary to the Westminster Lying-in hospital, and consulting man-midwife to the Westminster General dispensary.<br>Occupation: Surgeon to the Bristol Royal Infirmary - 1743 - Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom<br>Occupation: Physician to Queen Charlotte (trained in Bristol) - 1788 - London, England, United Kingdom<br>Parents: Thomas Ford, Elizabeth Ford (born Wise)<br>Wife: Anne Ford (born Horne)<br>Children: Rev Thomas Ford LLD, Edward Ford, Elizabeth Goodenough (born Ford), Anna Maria Williams (born Ford), Sarah Ford, Gilbert Ford, James Ford MD, Mary Ford, Howel John Ford, Sir Richard Ford Esquire<br>Siblings: John Ford, Sarah Ford, Gilbert Ford, Edward Ford, Thomas Ford, Henry Ford<;/a><br>  Additional information:

    LifeSketch: Physician to Queen Charlotte.y Thomas Payne recorded that he was esteemed by the gentry and regarded as a benefactor by the poor. He was polite and cheerful, And always ready to help with professional advice.count from King George the III, on learning he had purchased a large share of Drury Lane Theater in London, I have found the following anecdote. Soon after Dr. Ford had made the purchase from Garrick, the King saw and asked him if it were a fact? Dr. Ford replied, “Yes, may it please Your Majesty.” “Oh, yes,” replied the King, “it pleases me well enough, quite right, quite right, all very proper and appropriate, for Charlotte assures me that you are quite at home behind the curtain.iate of the College of Physicians 22nd December, 1763. Dr. Ford enjoyed for several years a very lucrative obstetric practice at the westend of London. He was physician extraordinary to queen Charlotte, physician extraordinary to the Westminster Lying-in hospital, And consulting man-midwife to the Westminster General dispensary. Having accumulated a handsome fortune, he retired from practice and withdrew to Wales. He died at Langattock, near Crickhowell, December 18th, 1795, aged seventy. old-fashioned shoe, and from the wood of Shakespeare’s famous mulberry·tree at Stratford-an-Avon. This little snuff·box is in the possession of my cousin, Mrs. Sanders, of Stoke Hill, near Exeter, to whom it was bequeathed by my uncle at his death.y, and had small ornaments made out of it, which he presented to his friends.abeth, His first daughter who married Dr. Samuel Goodenough, Dean of Rochester, and afterwards Bishop of Carlisle-. liams, who came into possession of the house and property of Llangattock.y Vicar of Melton Mowbray. Gilbert, Dr. Ford’s second son, was born on the 22nd of October, 1750. He was brought up to the Bar, and was a man of eminent abilities, which, however, he failed to exercise. James, the third son of Dr. Ford, followed the medical profession. He was a worthy but indolent man. Richard (my grandfather), Dr. Ford’s fourth son, was born in 1758. He entered at Lincoln’s Inn, and went the Western Circuit. He sat in Parliament for East Grinstead in 1789, and for Appleby in 1791. He was a friend of the Duke of Dorset, Lord Malden (afterwards the Earl of Essex), the Duke of Portland (the Prime Minister at that time), and the great Pitt. He was also on the most friendly terms with King George the Third.
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Historical events

Birthday January 28, 1717

  • The temperature on January 28, 1717 was about 3.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1717: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 4 » The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance in an attempt to maintain the Treaty of Utrecht; Britain having signed a preliminary alliance with France on November 28 (November 17, 1716).
    • June 24 » The Premier Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England).
    • July 17 » King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
    • August 17 » Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18: The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire.
    • August 22 » Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
    • September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.

Christening day February 10, 1717

  • The temperature on February 10, 1717 was about 1.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1717: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 2 » The Loves of Mars and Venus is the first ballet performed in England.
    • March 31 » A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, preached in the presence of King George I of Great Britain, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.
    • June 24 » The Premier Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England).
    • July 17 » King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
    • August 22 » Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
    • September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.

Day of death December 19, 1795

  • The temperature on December 19, 1795 was about 7.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1795: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 19 » The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands, bringing to an end the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
    • January 23 » After an extraordinary charge across the frozen Zuiderzee, the French cavalry captured 14 Dutch ships and 850 guns, in a rare occurrence of a battle between ships and cavalry.
    • March 28 » Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a northern fief of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
    • May 31 » French Revolution: The Revolutionary Tribunal is suppressed.
    • June 16 » French Revolutionary Wars: In what became known as Cornwallis's Retreat, a British Royal Navy squadron led by Vice Admiral William Cornwallis strongly resists a much larger French Navy force and withdraws largely intact, setting up the French Navy defeat at the Battle of Groix six days later.
    • August 31 » War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee (present-day Sri Lanka) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands.


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