484 DUDLEY VII. 1697. 7. Edward (Ward), Lord Dudley, and Baron Ward of Birmingham, s. and h., b. 1631, sue. his father 14 Oct. 1670, and took his seat in the House of Lords, 5 Dec. 1670, as Baron Ward of Birmingham ; sue. his mother in Aug. 1697, taking his seat 28 Jan. 1697/8, as Lord Dudley.(*) He m. Frances, ist sister and coh. [1673] of Sir Thomas Brereton, 2nd Bart., of Handford, co. Chester, da. of Sir William Brereton, ist Bart, (the Parliamentary General), by his ist wife, Susan, da. of Sir George Booth, Bart. She was bur. 21 Nov. 1676, at Himley. He d. 3, and was bur. 8 Aug. 1701, aged 70, at Himley. Will dat. 23 June to 31 July 1701, pr. 2 Nov. 1704. VIII. 1 701. 8. Edward (Ward), Lord Dudley, and Baron Ward of Birmingham, grandson and h., being s. and h. of the Hon. William Ward, by Frances, da. of WiUiam Dilke, of Max- stoke Castle, CO. Warwick, which William Ward was 3rd but ist surv. s. and h. ap. of the 7th Lord, but d. v.p., 16 May 1692, aged 32. He was bap. 20 Dec. 1 683, at Himley; ed. at Rugby school, ent. 1 1 July 1 695. He m., 9 Apr. 1703, at St. Margaret's, Westm. (lie. Fac. off.), Diana, only da. and h. of Thomas Howard, of Ashtead, Surrey, Teller of the Exchequer, by Diana, da. of Francis (Newport), ist Earl of Bradford. He d. of the smallpox, at Whitehall, 28 Mar., and was bur. 5 Apr. 1704, at Himley, aged 20. Will dat. 28 Jan. 1703, pr. 29 Mar. 1704 and 10 July 1718. His widow d. 17 Mar. 1709, in her 23rd year, and was bur. at Ashtead. M.I. Will pr. May 1709. IX. 1704. 9. Edward (Ward), Lord Dudley, and Baron Ward of Birmingham, posthumous s. and h., ^. 16 June 1704, He d. unm., 6 Sep. 1731, at Epsom, Surrey, and was bur. at Ashtead, aged 27. Will pr. Sep. 1731. X. 1 73 1. 10. William (Ward), Lord Dudley, and Baron Ward of Birmingham, uncle and h., being yst. br. of the 8th Lord. He was bap. 16 Oct. i68( — ), at Himley. He took his seat, 2 May i735.() He d. unm., 20 May 1740, at Himley afsd., and was bur. there. Admon. i July 1740 and 26 May 1758. On his death the two Baronies separated, that of Ward devolving on the heir male of the body (") of the grantee by his wife, Frances (see Ward of Birmingham, Barony, cr. 1644, under the 6th holder thereof), while that of Dudley devolved on the heir general as under. (") He voted with the Whigs for the attainderof Sir John Fenwick, in 1697. V.G. () He voted with the Tories and anti-Walpolean Whigs against the Spanish Convention in 1739. V.G. (•=) The Castle and lands of Dudley devolved on this heir male, who in 1763 was a: "Viscount Dudley and Ward of Dudley, co. Worcester," a title which became extinct in 1833, but the Barony of Ward of Birmingham continued, the nth holder being, in i860, cr. "Earl of Dudley of Dudley Castle." I
