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John Alford

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General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ11726303 ↗
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John Alford may refer to:

Politicians

John Alford (MP for Hedon) (died 1600), Member of Parliament (MP) for Hedon

John Alford (Parliamentarian) (c. 1590–1649), MP for New Shoreham in the Long Parliament

John Alford (died 1691) (1645–1691), MP for Midhurst and Bramber

Others

John Alford (lutenist) (fl. 16th c.), English lutenist and translator of a treatise on the lute

John Alford (actor) (1971–2026), British actor

John Alford (cricketer) (born 1941), English cricketer

John Alford (professor) (1686–1761), established chair at Harvard

John M. Alford (1915–1988), U.S. Navy admiral

John Alford (priest) (1919–1995), Church of England priest

John R. Alford (fl.

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This entry incorporates text from “John Alford” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.