William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley
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William Humble Eric Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley MC (30 January 1894 – 26 December 1969), known as Viscount Ednam until 1932, was a British Conservative politician.
Ward was the eldest son of William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, and his wife Rachel (née Gurney). George Ward, 1st Viscount Ward of Witley, was his younger brother.
He was educated at Eton and commissioned into the Worcestershire Yeomanry in 1912. In 1914 he transferred to the regular 10th Hussars. He was promoted Lieutenant in 1915 and ended the First World War as a Captain.
He sat as Member of Parliament for Hornsey from 1921 to 1924 and for Wednesbury from 1931 to 1932 and served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Under-Secretary of State for India, Lord Winterton, between 1922 and 1924. He also held the honorary post of High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1930.
Ward married firstly Lady Rosemary Millicent, daughter of Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland, in 1919. She died in a plane crash in 1930, aged 36. Ward married secondly Frances Laura, daughter of the Hon. Guy Lawrence Charteris and former wife of Walter Long, 2nd Viscount Long, in 1943. The marriage was childless and they were divorced in 1954. He married thirdly Grace Maria, daughter of Michael Kolin and former wife of Prince Stanislaus Radziwill, in 1961. This marriage was also childless. Ward died in December 1969, aged 75, and was succeeded by his eldest son William. His third son the Hon. Peter Alistair Ward is the father of the actress Rachel Ward and the environmentalist Tracy Louise Ward.
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- www.thepeerage.com
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Willam Kennedy Jones |
Member of Parliament for Hornsey 1921–1924 |
Succeeded by Euan Wallace |
| Preceded by Alfred Short |
Member of Parliament for Wednesbury 1931–1932 |
Succeeded by John William Banfield |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by William Ward |
Earl of Dudley 1932–1969 |
Succeeded by William Humble Davis Ward |
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