James Ford

James Ford (31 October 1779 in Canterbury – 31 January 1850 in Navestock, Essex), was an English antiquary.

Life Born in Canterbury, Ford was the eldest son of the Rev. James Ford, B.A., minor canon of Durham, and afterwards minor canon of Canterbury. He entered the King's School, Canterbury, in 1788, matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford on 8 July 1797 and became fellow of his college on 2 June 1807. He graduated B.A. 1801. M.A. 1804, B.D. 1812, and in 1811 was junior proctor of the university. He held the perpetual curacies of St Lawrence Church, Ipswich, and of Hill Farrance, Somerset. He was subsequently presented (28 October 1830) to the vicarage of Navestock in Essex, and died on 31 January 1850. His quaint directions for a funeral of great simplicity were carried out when he was buried in Navestock churchyard. There is a monument to him in Navestock Church, and a portrait of him in the common room of Trinity College, Oxford. They had no children.

A collection of portraits, drawings, landscapes and illustrations collected by Ford is held by the Suffolk Record Office.

Bibliographical work Notitia Suffolcienses was a bibliographical work Ford wrote but did not publish