188 DUDLEY. DUDLEY AND WARD OF DUDLEY. Viscountcy. f. John (Ward), Bakon Ward of Birmingham I 1763 [104-1], B. and h. of William Ward of Sedgley Park, co. Stafford, by Mary, sister of Harry, 3rd Earl of Stamford, da. of the Hob. John Grey of Enville, co. Stafford, was b. about 1700; M.P. for Newcastle-under-Lvnc, 1727-34 ; sue. to the peerage by the death of his cousin, 5th Baron Ward, 21 Mav 1740, and was cr. 21 April 1763, VISCOUNT DUDLEY AND WARD OF DUDLEY, (") co. Worcester ; Recorder of Worcester. He m. firstly, 20 Dec, 1723, Anna-Maria, da. of Charles Bourchier ( h ) of Clontarf, co. Dublin, by Barbara, da. of Richard Harrison of Ball's Tark, in Ware, Herts. She d. 12 Dec. 1725 and was bur. at Wednesbury, co. Stafford. He m. secondly, 1 Jan. 1744/5, at St. Geo. Han. sq., Mary, da. and h. of John Carver of that parish. He d. 6 May 1774, in Park lane, Hyde Park, Jlidx., and was bur. at Himley. Will pr. May 1774. His widow d. there 31 May 1782, and was bur. at Himley. Will pr. June 1782. II. 1774. 2. John (Ward), Viscount Dudley and Ward of Dudley, &c. s. and h., being only s. by 1st wife, b. 22 Feb. 1724/5, at Wolverhampton ; matric. at Oxford (Oriel Coll.) 7 Feb. 1742/3 ; cr. M.A. 10 Feb. 1745; M.P. for Marlborough, 1754-61; for co. Worcester, 1761-74 ; a: LL.D. of Cambridge 3 July 1769. Recorder of Kidderminster. He in. 15 July 1788, at his house in Park Jane (reg. at St. Geo. Hnn. sq.), Mary Baker, widow, da. of Gamaliel Fair, of Norfolk. He d. s.p. 10 Oct. 1788, aged 63, and was bur. at Himley. Will pr. Nov. 17S8. His widow m., 14 Aug. 1790, Benjamin Jennings, whorf. 1791. She m. thirdly, 9 Dec. 1791, John Smith, Capt. R.N. She was bur. 24 May 1810 at Twickenham, Midx. Will pr. 1810. III. 1788. S. William (Ward), Viscount Dudley and Ward of Dudley, &c, br. of the half blood and h, beiDg s. of the 1st Viscount by his 2nd wife. He was b. 21 Jan. 1750 at Himley afsd. ; matric. at Oxford (Oriel Coll.) 14 March 1770 ; M.P. for co. Worcester, 1780-88. Recorder of Kidderminster, He i,t. 1 Aug. 1780, at St. Geo. Han. sq., Julia, 2nd da. of Godfrey Bosvile, of Gunt- waite, co. York, by Diana, da. of Sir William Wentworth, 4th Bart., of Brettoc. He d. 25 April 1823, aged 73, at Himley Hall. Admon June 1S23. His widow d. 23 June 1833 in Bryanston sq. Midx. Will pr. Aug. 1S23. IV. 1823, Jf. John-Williaji (Ward), Viscount Dudley and to Ward of Dudley [1763] and Baron Ward of Birmingham [1644], 1833. only s. and h., b. 9 Aug. and hap. 11 Oct. 1781, at St. Marylebone ; ed. privately, till lie matric. at Oxford (Oriel Coll.), 17 Oct. 1799 ; B.A. (us of Corpus Coll.), 1802 ; M.A., 1813. He was M.P. for Downton, 1802-03; for co. Worcester, 1803-06 ; for Petersfield, 1806-07 ; for Wareham, 1807-12; and for Bossinej-, 1819-23; P.O., 1827, and Sec. for foreign affairs (in Canning's administration) April 1827 to June 1828 .CO He was cr. 5 Oct. 1827, VISCOUNT EDNAM( d ) of Ednam, co. Roxburgh, and EARL OF DUDLEY (») He was not the representative of the ancient Barony of Dudley, which had been enjoyed by the second and subsequent Barons Ward, from whom he was not descended. In the issue of the second Baron, such representation is still vested ; but the Viscounty grandfather, William Ward, was a younger son of Humble, first Baron Ward, by the suojure Baroness Dudley. The Viscount appears, however, to have had possession of Dudley Castle. ( b ) See account of the family of Bourchier in " Her and Gen." VIII, p. 367. ( c ) He is said, in a fit of absence of mind, to have shortly before the battle of Navarino, directed a letter intended for the French ambassador to Prince Lieven, the ambassador from Russia. This, however, instead of working any mischief was positively beneficial, being, fortunately, considered by the latter as a "trap laid for him" and "one of the cleverest ruses ever attempted to bo played off." Tho' a "man of powerful talents, varied accomplishments," his eccentricities had always been bo great that his aberration of mind during the last year of his lifo was not surprising. See "Ann. Reg." for 1833. (<•) This was an estate he had recently purchased. It was the birth place of Thomson the author of " The Seasons " and other poems.
