Edward King Fordham

[1] The second son of Edward Fordham (1721–1778) of Therfield in Hertfordshire and his wife Mary Carter (1722–1798)[2] he moved to Royston, the nearby town, while still a young man.

[8][9] He then built it up, attaching many pubs as tied houses, and it became the largest brewery in the area.

Sir John Sebright, the other sitting MP, also refused to be treated as a delegate.

Edward King Fordham intervened, explaining that he concurred with the amendment, but also with Dacre's view that it should be withdrawn.

[11] From 1833 to shortly after Fordham's death, the minister at Royston's Unitarian chapel was Archibald Forbes Macdonald (1808–1886).

[14][15] With his brother George (1752-1840), Fordham bought the Odsey estate from William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, in 1793.