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FORD, RICHARD (1796-1858) , English author of one of the earliest and best of travellers' Handbooks, was the eldest son of Sir Richard Ford, who in 1789 was member of parliament for East
chief
magistrate of London. His mother
Booth
Seville . His first literary work
Review ) was a pamphlet, An Historical Inquiry into the Unchangeable Character of a War in Spain (Murray, 1837), in reply to one called the Policy of England towards Spain, issued under the patronage of Lord Palmerston . He spent the winter of 1839-184o in Italy, where he added largely to his collection of majolica; and soon after his return he began, at John Murray's invitation, to write his Handbook for Travellers in Spain, with which his name is chiefly associated. He died on the 1st of September 1858, leaving a fine private collection of pictures to his widow (d. 1910), his third wife, a daughter of Sir A. Molesworth.End of Article: FORD, RICHARD (1796-1858) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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