Lionel George Bridges Justice Ford (3 September 1865 – 27 March 1932) was an Anglican priest who served as Dean of York after two headmasterships at notable English independent schools.[1]
Ford was born in Paddington, London, the son of William Augustus Ford and Katherine Mary Justice.[2] His father had played cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club ("MCC") and his brother Francis Ford played cricket for England. Ford's grandfather was George Samuel Ford, a well known bill discounter.
Ford was educated at Repton School and King's College, Cambridge, where he won the Chancellor's Classical Medal[3] and was a member of the Pitt Club.[4] He became a school master at Eton, and was ordained a curate in the Anglican church in 1893.[5] In 1898 and 1899 he played cricket for minor county Buckinghamshire.[6]
Ford became headmaster of Repton School in 1901 and in 1910 moved to Harrow, where he was headmaster until 1925.[7] in 1925 he became the dean at York, a post he was to hold until his death on Easter Sunday seven years later.[8] His memorial is in the restored Zouche Chapel.[9]
Ford married in 1904 Mary Catherine Talbot, daughter of the education campaigner Lavinia Talbot and Edward Stuart Talbot, who was successively Bishop of Rochester, Southwark and Winchester.[10] They had a daughter and six sons including: