WARD, John III (1670-1749), of Capesthorne, Cheshire and the Inner Temple

Family and Education

b. 13 June 1670, 1st s. of Philip Ward of Capesthorne by Penelope, da. and coh. of Charles Edmunds of Preston, Northants. educ. I. Temple 1683, 1698, bencher 1711, treasurer 1722; Christ Church, Oxf. 1684; G. Inn 1689, called 1693. m. settlement Aug. 1694, Thomazia (d. 1743), da. of Thomas Terrick of Yorks., 1s. d.v.p. 3da. suc. fa. 1687. Ormerod, Cheshire, iii. 722–4; J. P. Earwaker, East Cheshire, ii. 407; London Rec. Soc. xxiii. p. xxxv.

Offices Held

Commr. ?Greenwich Hosp. 1704, building 50 new churches 1712. Daily Courant, 8 Aug. 1704; E. G. W. Bill, Queen Anne Churches, p. xxiii.

QC 1711; puisne justice of Chester 1711–14. Cal. Treas. Bks. xxv. 296.

Parlimentarian

WARD, John (1670-1749), of Capesthorne, Cheshire and the Inner Temple.

Main residences: Capesthorne, Cheshire; the Inner Temple.

Author

P.L.G.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

WARD, John III (1670-1749)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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