A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ward, John Ross
WARD. (Commander, 1845.)
John Ross Ward is son of Rear-Admiral Wm. Ward.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 3 Nov. 1826; passed his examination in 1833; and obtained his first commission 10 Jan. 1835. His succeeding appointments were – 6 April, 1835, to the Tweed 20, Capt. Hon. Fred. Thos. Pelham, on the Lisbon station, whence he returned at the close of 1838-6 May, 1839, and 27 Oct. 1840, to the Impregnable 104 and Caledonia 120, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Graham Moore, Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth, under whom he served for three years in the same capacity – and, 18 Oct. 1842, as Senior, to the Belvidera 38, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, in the Mediterranean. Soon after the latter ship had been paid off he was advanced, 24 March, 1845, to the rank of Commander. He has been employed in the Coast Guard since 29 Sept. 1846.