 An extremely wealthy American, Ford was married to Nesta, until they were divorced in Washington, D.C..When introduced to the reader of "The Little Nugget" around a year after this event, he is a large, commanding man of middle age, with powerful shoulders and a square-jawed, clean-shaven, aggressive face reminiscent of a Roman emperor.After the divorce he won custody of their son Ogden, and kept the boy with him at his English country house, understanding that the boy's unpleasant behaviour is mostly due to his mother spoiling him.