James Ford (31 October 1779 in Canterbury – 31 January 1850 in Navestock, Essex), was an English antiquary.
He held the perpetual curacies of St Lawrence Church, Ipswich, and of Hill Farrance, Somerset.
His quaint directions for a funeral of great simplicity were carried out when he was buried in Navestock churchyard.
[2] On 19 November 1830[2] Ford married Lætitia Jermyn, the author of The Butterfly Collector's Vade Mecum.
He was also a contributor to the Gentleman's Magazine and to Nichols's Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century vols.