Education
Arts University Bournemouth.
interior designer Duke of Marlborough
Arts University Bournemouth.
He served as decorator to the Queen Mother after receiving Royal Warrant in 1974. His other clients included the Duke of Marlborough at Blenheim, Mrs Harry Oppenheimer, Lord McAlpine of West Green and The Dorchester. He served in the Royal Air Force during World World War II as a volunteer reserve, initially in signals, then in air sea rescue.
Ford attended Arts University Bournemouth where he studied the decorative arts
Headed the London office of Jansen Limited, a French firm of decorators. He appeared as a "castaway" on the British Broadcasting Corporation Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 5 March 1977.
The surviving firm, Oliver Ford, includes the subsidiary, Howard Chairs. Bewley Court, the nearly 600-year-old home owned by Ford, includes its own chapel and more than a dozen gardens.
lieutenant is a Grade I listed building in Wiltshire.
Leaving no heirs, Bewley Court is held by "The Oliver Ford Charitable Trust" in perpetuity, with proceeds donated to the mentally handicapped. Ford was born in Bournemouth, Dorset, and died at Lacock, Wiltshire.