Family and Education
b. 6 Mar. 1704, 1st s. of William Ward. educ. King’s, Camb. 1722. m. (1) 26 Dec. 1723, Anna Maria (d. 12 Dec. 1725), da. of Charles Bourchier of Clontarf, co. Dublin, 1s. (John M.P., 2nd Visct. Dudley and Ward); (2) 1 Jan. 1745, Mary, da. and h. of John Carver of Hanover Sq., 2s. (2nd s. William, M.P., 3rd Visct. Dudley and Ward). suc. fa. 1720; cos. as 6th Baron Ward of Birmingham 21 May 1740; cr. Visct. Dudley and Ward 21 Apr. 1763.
Offices Held
Grand master of freemasons 1742 – 43; steward of anniversary dinner of independent electors of Westminster 1748; recorder of Worcester.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Sedgley Park, Staffs.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
WARD, John (1704-74)
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