| Constituency | Dates |
|---|---|
| Mitchell | 1741 – 1 July 1745 |
Family and Education
bap. 27 Dec. 1710, 1st s. of Thomas Ord, attorney, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Fenham and Newminster Abbey (bro. of Robert Ord) by Anne, da. of John Bacon of Staward, Northumb.; bro. of William Ord. educ. Kensington sch.; Trinity, Camb. 1727; L. Inn 1730. suc. fa. 1737.
Offices Held
Gov. of Hostmen’s Co. in Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1740; mayor 1744 – d.
Address
Main residences: Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Fenham; Newminster Abbey, Northumb.
biography text
Ord’s grandfather, a wealthy Newcastle attorney, who had purchased large estates in his county, was connected with Sidney Wortley as a coal owner and a member of the cartel which dominated the coal trade in the eighteenth century.1E. Hughes, N. Country Life in 18th Cent., 168-95, 209-14. Returned for Mitchell as an opposition Whig in 1741 on the nomination of Lord Sandwich, the head of Wortley’s family, he voted against the Administration in all recorded divisions. He died 1 July 1745.
Volume
Notes
- 1. E. Hughes, N. Country Life in 18th Cent., 168-95, 209-14.