John Ord (1861 - 1928) was a police officer, antiquarian and folk song collector from Glasgow.
John Ord was born in King Edward, Aberdeenshire, the son of a farm labourer. He travelled to Glasgow and became a probationary constable in Glasgow Police in 1880.
His first posting was St Rollox division. In 1888 he was promoted to the post of sergeant, and then detective officer, in 1891. He was eventually appointed as the Superintendent of the Southern Division of the Glasgow Police Force.
He was involved in the investigation of the 1908 murder case against Oscar Slater, which resulted in a miscarriage of justice.
He received the KingâÂÂs Police Medal in 1914. He retired from the force in 1925.
Ord was interested in history and collected folk-songs and ballads.
The Old Glasgow Club, a male only club, was formed in 1900 to preserve the history of the city of Glasgow.
In 1908, Ord, who was a member, proposed that ladies be admitted to the membership of the club. The motion was carried by 30 votes to 22.
Dreda Boyd, who was introduced to the club by her uncle Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, was one of the first three lady members, alongside Helen C. Girvan and Mrs Mason.
Ord founded the first Glasgow Police Museum, initially in the Casualty Surgeon's waiting room in the Central Police Office. It then moved to the South Police Office, Oxford Street, and then 21 St. Andrew's Street until it was absorbed into the Strathclyde Police Museum. The Glasgow Police Museum now replaces it.
Ord's brother was Hugh Ord, the curator of the People's Palace, Glasgow.
Ord's daughter was Agnes McLaren Lockhart, the first female president of the Old Glasgow Club.