Lionel Ford
Lionel George Bridges Justice Ford (3 September 1865 – 27 March 1932) was an Anglican priest who served as Dean of York after two headmasterships at notable English independent schools.[1]
Biography
Ford was born in Paddington, London, the son of William Augustus Ford and Katherine Mary Justice.[2] His father had played cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club ("MCC") and his brother Francis Ford played cricket for England. Ford's grandfather was George Samuel Ford, a well known bill discounter.
Ford was educated at Repton School and King's College, Cambridge, where he won the Chancellor's Classical Medal[3][4] and was a member of the Pitt Club.[5] He became a school master at Eton, and was ordained a curate in the Anglican church in 1893.[6] In 1898 and 1899 he played cricket for minor county Buckinghamshire.[7]
Career
Ford became headmaster of Repton School in 1901 and in 1910 moved to Harrow, where he was headmaster until 1925.[8] in 1925 he became the dean at York, a post he was to hold until his death on Easter Sunday seven years later.[9] His memorial is in the restored Zouche Chapel.[10]
Personal life
Ford married in 1904 Mary Catherine Talbot, daughter of the education campaigner Lavinia Talbot and Edward Stuart Talbot, who was successively Bishop of Rochester, Southwark and Winchester.[11] They had a daughter and six sons including:
- Neville Ford (1906–2000), a notable cricketer for Derbyshire, who married Patricia Smiles, daughter of Ulster Unionist MP W. D. Smiles and Margaret Heighway, and great-niece of Mrs Beeton, in 1941[12]
- Edward Ford (1910–2006), a courtier in the Royal Household of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II; he married the widow Virginia Brand Polk, daughter of Robert Brand, 1st Baron Brand, in 1949.
- Lionel Ford is the great grandfather of TV personality and chief Scout Bear Grylls.[13]
References
- ^ "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Ford, William Justice" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ The Times, Monday, 20 February 1888; p. 10; Issue 32313; col G Winner of The Chancellor’s Classical Medal
- ^ "Ford, Lionel George Bridges Justice (FRT884LG)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Benson, Edward Frederic (1920). Our Family Affairs, 1867–1896. London, New York, Toronto, and Melbourne: Cassell and Company, Ltd. p. 231.
- ^ The Times, Monday, 25 December 1893; p. 9; Issue 34143; col D Ordinations. Canterbury
- ^ Lionel Ford at Cricket Archive
- ^ The Times, Tuesday, 31 May 1910; p. 13; Issue 39286; col E Harrow School. New Headmaster
- ^ New Dean Of York Dean Bate Appointed to succeed Ford (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Saturday, 21 May 1932; p. 10; Issue 46139; col D
- ^ The Times, Saturday, 9 December 1933; p. 14; Issue 46623; col E In Memory Of Dean Ford Zouche Chapel Restored At York
- ^ Marriage details
- ^ thepeerage.com
- ^ "HON. MRS. JOHN POLK ENGAGED TO A MAJOR". The New York Times. 26 September 1949. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
External links
- Portrait of Lionel Ford
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Preceded by Joseph Wood | Head Master of Harrow School 1910-1925 | Succeeded by |
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Preceded by | Headmaster of Repton School 1901-1910 | Succeeded by William Temple |
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