The son of James Bond of Ashford, Kent; educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he was chaplain to the Duke of Cambridge, curate of Hanwell-paddock, and a magistrate for Middlesex.

REFERENCES TO John Bond:

Sydney Smith to Lady Holland, 1 October 1823 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)