suc. fa. 16 June 1704 (a minor) as 9th Bar. DUDLEY and 4th Bar. WARD
First sat 20 Jan. 1726; last sat 20 Jan. 1726
b. 16 June 1704, posth. s. of Edward Ward, 8th Bar. Dudley and 3rd Bar. Ward, and Diana Howard, da. of Thomas Howard‡ of Ashtead, Surr. educ. unknown. unm. d. 6 Sept. 1731; will 23 Feb. 1730, pr. 7 Sept. 1731.1
Associated with: Ashtead, Surr.
Dudley and Ward succeeded to the title at his birth. He appears to have lived principally at his maternal estate of Ashtead in Surrey. He died, following a fall from his horse, while still unmarried, leaving the title to devolve on his cousin John Ward†, then member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme.2 Further details of his career will be presented in the second part of this work.
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