Sir Patrick Ford, 1st Baronet

British politician
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IntroBritish politician
A.K.A.Patrick Ford Sir Patrick Ford Patrick Johnstone Ford Sir Patrick Johnstone Ford 1st Baronet
A.K.A.Patrick Ford Sir Patrick Ford Patrick Johnstone Ford Sir Patrick Johnstone Ford 1st Baronet
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
wasPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth5 March 1880
Death28 September 1945 (aged 65 years)
The details

Biography

Sir Patrick Johnstone Ford, 1st Baronet (5 March 1880 – 28 September 1945) was a Scottish Unionist Party politician.
For fought Edinburgh East as a Liberal Unionist at a by-election in 1909 and at the first general election of 1910, being defeated both times by the Liberal candidate in a straight fight.
Ford was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh North on his first attempt, at a by-election in 1920. He was re-elected in 1922 general election, but was defeated in 1923 by the Liberal Party candidate Peter Raffan. He regained the seat at the 1924 general election, and held it until he stepped down at the 1935 general election.
Ford was made a baronet of Westerdunes in the County of East Lothian on 27 July 1929.
He is buried with his wife and son near the centre of Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh.

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