John Ord
John Ord (1729–1814) was an English barrister and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1790.
Life[edit]
The son of Robert Ord and Mary Darnell, he was educated at Newcome's School in Hackney and Trinity College, Cambridge. He graduated B.A. in 1750, and then held a lay fellowship.[1][2][3]
Called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, Ord in 1777 became Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster, and in 1778 master in chancery. He stood unsuccessfully for Morpeth in 1761.[4] He was Member of Parliament for Midhurst, Hastings, and Wendover (1774–1790), and was some time chairman of ways and means in the House of Commons.[1]
Ord was known also for his garden at Purser's Cross near Fulham in London, which he laid out in 1756, and where exotic trees grew.[5] The variety "Ord's Apple" was raised there by his sister-in-law Anne Simpson.[6] Also known as "Simpson's Pippin" or "Simpson's Seedling", it was from seed of the Newtown Pippin.[7]
Ord was a member of the Horticultural Society, and from 1780 a Fellow of the Royal Society.[8] He died on 6 June 1814, and was buried in Fulham churchyard.[1]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b c Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 42. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "Ord, John (ORT746J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Nicholas Hans (1998). New Trends in Education in the 18th Century. Routledge. p. 243. ISBN 0-415-17611-5.
- ^ historyofparliamentonline.org, Ord, John (1729-1814), of Bingfield, Northumb.
- ^ John Henry Brady (1838). A new pocket guide to London and its environs. Parker. p. 566. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ Robert Hogg (1851). British Pomology; or, The history, description, classification, and synonymes, of the fruits and fruit trees of Great Britain. Vo.1, The apple. p. 148. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ Charles McIntosh (1839). The Orchard: Including the Management of Wall and Standard Fruit Trees, and the Forcing Pit; with Selected Lists and Synonymes of the Most Choice Varieties. W. S. Orr. p. 26. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ McConnell, Anita. "Ord, Robert". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20809. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Ord, Robert". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 42. London: Smith, Elder & Co.