James Ford |
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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