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Ward, Baron (E, 1643/4)

Creation: let. pat. 23 Mar 1643/4

Family name: Ward

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Arms:

See Earl of Dudley

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Humble [Ward], 1st Baron Ward

only son and heir app. of William Ward, of Cheapside, London, goldsmith, by his wife Elizabeth Humble, dau. and hrss. in her issue of Richard Humble, of Goosehays in Hornchurch, co. Essex, and of St Saviour's, Southwark, co. Surrey, vintner

born

c.1614

mar.

17 Feb 1628 Frances Dudley, suo jure Baroness Dudley (d. 11 Aug 1697), dau. and hrss. of Hon Sir Ferdinando Dudley (by his wife Lady Honora Somerset, only dau. of Hon Edward Seymour, styled Lord Beauchamp (by his wife Honora Rogers, dau. of Sir Richard Rogers, of Bryanston, co. Devon), 1st son and heir ap. by his first wife of Edward [Seymour], 1st Earl of Hertford), 1st son and heir app. of Edward [Dudley], 5th Baron Dudley

died

14 Oct 1670

created

23 Mar 1643/4 Baron Ward, of Birmingham in the County of Warwick

suc. by

son

note

knighted 1643;  High Sheriff of Staffordshire 1658-59

Edward [Ward], 2nd Baron Ward later 7th Baron Dudley

note

suc. his mother 11 Aug 1697 as 7th Baron Dudley

The Barony of Ward was held by the Barons Dudley from 11 Aug 1697 until 21 May 1740, when on the death of William [Ward], 10th Baron Dudley and 5th Baron Ward, the Barony of Dudley passed to his nephew and heir general, Ferdinando Dudley [Lea], 11th Baron Dudley, and the Barony of Ward passed to his cousin, the heir male of the body of the grantee:

John [Ward], 6th Baron Ward later 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward

son and heir of William Ward MP, of Sedgley Park, co. Stafford (by his wife Mary Grey, half-sister of Henry [Grey], 3rd Earl of Stamford, and only dau. of Hon John Grey, of Enville Hall, co. Stafford (3rd son of Henry [Grey], 1st Earl of Stamford), by his first wife Mary Wollryche, dau. of Sir Francis Wollryche, of Dudmaston, co. Salop), son and heir of Hon William Ward, of Willingsworth, co. Stafford (by his wife Anne Parker, dau. and sole hrss. of William Parker, of Willingsworth, co. Stafford), 2nd son of Humble [Ward], 1st Baron Ward

created

21 Apr 1763 Viscount Dudley and Ward, of Dudley in the County of Worcester

The Barony of Ward was held by the Viscounts Dudley and Ward from 21 Apr 1763 until 5 Oct 1827, when John William [Ward], 4th Viscount Dudley and Ward and 9th Baron Ward, was created Viscount Ednam, of Ednam in the County of Roxburgh, and Earl of Dudley, of Dudley Castle in the County of Stafford.  He died unmarried 6 Mar 1833, when the Earldom and both Viscountcies became extinct, and the Barony of Ward passed to his second cousin as the next heir male of the body of the 1st Baron Ward:

William Humble [Ward], 10th Baron Ward

son and heir of Humble Ward (by his wife Susanna Beecroft), son and heir of Rev William Ward, Rector of Himley, co. Stafford, younger brother of John [Ward], 6th Baron Ward later 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward

born

9 Jan 1781

mar.

22 May 1816 Amelia Pillans (d. 23 May 1882), 2nd dau. of William Gooch Pillans, of Bracondale, co. Norfolk

died

6 Dec 1835

suc. by

son

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in Holy Orders;  Rector of Himley, co. Stafford

William [Ward], 11th Baron Ward later 1st Earl of Dudley

created

17 Feb 1860 Viscount Ednam, of Ednam in the County of Roxburgh, and Earl of Dudley, of Dudley Castle in the County of Stafford

The Barony of Ward has been held by the Earls of Dudley since 17 Feb 1860.

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