Robert Ward (MP)

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Captain the Hon. Robert Arthur Ward (23 February 1871-14 June 1942), was a British Conservative politician.

Ward was the third son of William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley, and his second wife Georgina Elisabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Moncreiffe, 7th Baronet. William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, was his elder brother. He was returned to Parliament for Crewe in the 1895 general election, a seat he held until 1900.

Ward married Lady Mary, daughter of Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford and his wife Lady Louisa Montagu, in 1906. He died in June 1942, aged 71.

[edit] See also

• Earl of Dudley

[edit] References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• www.thepeerage.com

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Walter McLaren	Member of Parliament for Crewe 1895–1900	Succeeded by James Tomkinson