Robert Plumer Ward
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Robert Plumer Ward (1765–1846), novelist and politician, born in London, educated at Oxford, and called to the Bar 1790, held various political offices, and wrote some books on the law of nations; also three novels, Tremaine, or the Man of Refinement, full of prolix discussions; De Vere, or the Man of Independence, in which Canning is depicted under the character of Wentworth; and De Clifford, or the Constant Man. His son, Henry George Ward, was a diplomat, politician, and travel author.
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| Preceded by Cropley Ashley-Cooper |
Clerk of the Ordnance 1811–1823 |
Succeeded by Sir Henry Hardinge |
This article incorporates public domain text from: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J.M. Dent & sons; New York, E.P. Dutton.
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