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cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0><font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Ford Madox Ford</b></font><p><img src="ford-madox-ford-1-sized.jpg" height=274 width=209 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Ford Madox Ford"><b>AKA</b> Ford Madox Hueffer<p><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/869/000106551/" class=proflink>17-Dec</a>-<a href="/lists/872/000105557/" class=proflink>1873</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> Merton, Surrey, England<br><b>Died:</b> <a href="/lists/064/000106743/" class=proflink>26-Jun</a>-<a href="/lists/449/000106131/" class=proflink>1939</a><br><b>Location of death:</b> Deauville, France<br><b>Cause of death:</b> unspecified<br><b>Remains:</b> Buried, Deauville, France<br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Religion:</b> <a href="/lists/758/000094476/" class=proflink>Roman Catholic</a><br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> Novelist<p><b>Nationality:</b> England<br><b>Executive summary:</b> <i>The Good Soldier</i><p><b>Military service:</b> British Army (WWI, gassed)<p>Grandson of painter <a href="/people/752/000086494/">Ford Madox Brown</a>.<p><b>Father:</b> Francis Hueffer (music critic, d. 1889)<br><b>Mother:</b> Catherine Madox Brown<br><b>Brother:</b> Oliver (younger)<br><b>Sister:</b> Juliet<br><b>Wife:</b> Elsie Martindale (m. 1894)<br><b>Mistress:</b> Mary Martindale (Elsie's sister, extramarital affair)<br><b>Mistress:</b> Violet Hunt<br><b>Mistress:</b> Stella Bowen (one daughter)<br><b>Mistress:</b> Esther Julia (two daughters)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Katherine<br><b>Daughter:</b> Christina<br><b>Mistress:</b> <a href="/people/229/000113887/">Jean Rhys</a> (novelist)<br><b>Mistress:</b> Janice Biala (until Ford Madox's death)<br><p> High School: Pretoria House School, Folkstone<br> High School: University College School, London<br><p> <a href="/event/930/000084678/">Converted to Catholicism</a> 1892<br> <a href="/crime/267/000085012/">Bigamy</a> Imprisoned (1911)<br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/985/000162499/">Agoraphobia</a><br> <p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>The Inheritors: An Extravagant Story</i> (<tt>1901</tt>, novel)<br><i>Romance</i> (<tt>1903</tt>, novel)<br><i>Ladies Whose Bright Eyes</i> (<tt>1911</tt>, novel)<br><i>Ancient Lights and New Reflections: Being the Memories of a Young Man</i> (<tt>1911</tt>, memoir)<br><i>The Good Soldier</i> (<tt>1915</tt>, novel)<br><i>Joseph Conrad: A Personal Remembrance</i> (<tt>1924</tt>)<br><i>Some Do Not</i> (<tt>1924</tt>, novel)<br><i>No More Parades</i> (<tt>1925</tt>, novel)<br><i>A Man Could Stand Up</i> (<tt>1926</tt>, novel)<br><i>The Last Post</i> (<tt>1928</tt>, novel)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; 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