Horace A. Ford

Horace Alfred Ford first picked up the bow in 1845, and a mere four years later won the Grand National Archery Meeting held in the United Kingdom.

[1] Ford founded the Cheltenham Archers[2] in 1857, which is still running up to the current day.

[3] Several members of his family were good cricketers, including Francis Ford.

His father was solicitor and bill discounter George Samuel Ford.

Ford owned, in partnership with his father and brother, the Bryndu Colliery from 1842[4] and was a director of the Bristol and South Wales Railway Waggon Company (Limited).