Sir Richard Ford (c. 1614 – 31 August 1678) was an English merchant and local and national politician.
[1] He was the younger son of merchant Thomas Ford of Exeter, Devon and educated at Exeter College, Oxford and Gray's Inn.
He moved to live in Rotterdam, from where he supplied the Royalist Forces during the English Civil War.
[1] He was elected MP for Southampton in 1661 and proved an active member, serving on many committees.
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