Richard William Ford
Richard William Ford (9 January 1822 – 1900) was a Portsmouth solicitor and businessman, and mayor (in 1864–65) and alderman of the city. One of his sons was the lawyer and novelist Douglas Morey Ford. Other children were Charles (Lt. Col. 1845–1918), Archibald Henry (Architect, 1846–1930), Harriett (1847–1903), Annie Emma (1849), Richard McArthur (1850–1851), Edward Carrington (1853–1854), Arthur Vernon (Physician, 1854–1918), Emma Beatrice (1856–?) and Richard William (Gen. Kt. 1857–1925). References 

1822 births
1900 deaths
English solicitors
Aldermen in England
Mayors of Portsmouth
19th-century English lawyers
19th-century English businesspeople