lord brownlow thomas montagu cecil (2nd son of the marquis of exeter) was another of ford's clients to end up in jail for debt. he had applied to ford for a loan during his minority, but ford would not agree to this without a promissory note from his father the marquis. however, ford did lend a lower sum but cecil left the country without honouring his debts. when he returned in 1854 he was arrested. cecil applied to be discharged from custody and at the end of the hearing ford removed his objection so that cecil could be released. in later life colonel lord brownlow thomas montagu cecil was again subject of insolvency proceedings in 1894.