John Ward, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward (22 February 1725 – 10 October 1788) was a British peer and politician.
He was the son of John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward, and his first wife Anna Maria (née Bourchier) and educated at Oriel College, Oxford.
He was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Marlborough in 1754, a seat he held until 1761, and then represented Worcestershire until 1774. The latter year he succeeded his father in the viscountcy and entered the House of Lords. Ward married Mary Baker née Fair, daughter of Gamaliel Fair, gardener and seeds-man, who died on 17 December 1758, aged 69.
Ward died in October 1788, aged 63. As he had no sons he was succeeded in the viscountcy by his half-brother William.
Family
He had a natural daughter Anna Maria Ward (1778–1837), by his Viscountess (when she was still Mrs. Mary Baker, whom he later married on 15 July 1788). Lord Dudley in his will made an ample provision for the girl and appointed his widow, who died in 1810, and Henry Jerome de Salis as her guardians. Anna Maria married Sir Horace St Paul, 1st Baronet, MP, on 14 May 1803. The widowed Viscountess married Captain James Smith R.N. on 9 December 1791.
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- "WARD, Hon. John (1725–88)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- Monumental inscription in the floor of St Andrews Church, Parish of Eaton, Norwich.
- The Perlustration of Great Yarmouth, with Gorleston and Southtown, Volume 1, by Charles John Palmer, FSA, Great Yarmouth, 1872.
- Ward v St Paul, February 1789. Rolls April 28. (Reg. Lib 1788, B. fol. 323. b., From: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, During the Time of Lord Chancellor Thurlow, of the Several Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal, and of Lord Chancellor Loughborough, from 1778 to 1794, 1819.)
- A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland - Sir Bernard Burke 1921 p.633
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byJohn Talbot Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bt |
Member of Parliament for Marlborough 1754–1761 With: Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bt |
Succeeded byLord Brudenell Robert Brudenell |
| Preceded byJohn Bulkeley Coventry Edmund Pytts |
Member of Parliament for Worcestershire 1761–1774 With: William Dowdeswell |
Succeeded byWilliam Dowdeswell Edward Foley |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded byJohn Ward | Viscount Dudley and Ward 1774–1788 |
Succeeded byWilliam Ward |