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George Samuel Ford
George Samuel Ford (1790–1868) was a bill discounter (money lender) and solicitor who took interest in the financial affairs of many gentlemen of the period including the Lords Lichfield, Chesterfield, Suffield and the Count d'Orsay. A passionate follower of the turf, he was known in horseracing circles as "Lawyer Ford".
==Background information==
Ford's offices were at 8 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London; his residential properties were in Stratton Street, London and Brunswick Square, Brighton. He was born in St Clement Danes, London,〔1851 census〕 and in 1816 married Hanna Bramah (1795–1862) at St George's, Hanover Square. Their children included Sir Theodore Thomas Ford, who became Chief Justice for the Straits Settlements, Horace Alfred Ford, one of the greatest target archers of all time, and William Augustus Ford,〔1851 Census Stratton St〕 who followed Ford into the business and was a cricketer who played for the MCC. Ford's grandchildren included Francis Ford, a good cricketer who played for his country, Lionel Ford who became headmaster of Harrow and the painter Henry Justice Ford.
Ford kept horseracing stables and a stud in Newmarket and had interests in Epsom.
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