488 DUDLEY i727-34;(*) sue. his cousin, 5th Baron Ward, as Baron Ward of Birmingham 21 May 1740; Grand Master of Freemasons 1742-43. He was cr., 21 Apr. 1763, VISCOUNT DUDLEY AND WARD OF DUDLEY,() CO. Worcester; Recorder of Worcester. He m., istly, 26 Dec. 1723, Anna Maria, da. of Charles Bourchier,(=) of Clontarf, co. Dublin, by Barbara, da. of Richard Harrison, of Ball's Park, in Ware, Herts. She d. 12 Dec. 1725, and was bur. at Wednesbury, co. Stafford. He m., 2ndly, i 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, Midx., 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. IL 1774- 2. John (Ward), Viscount Dudley and Ward of Dudley, i^c, s. and h., being only s. by ist wife, b. 22 Feb. 1724/5, at Wolverhampton; matric. at Oxford (Oriel Coll.) 7 Feb. 1742/3, cr. M.A. 10 Dec. 1745; M.P. (Tory) for Marlborough, 1754-61; for CO. Worcester, 1761-74; cr. LL.D. of Cambridge 3 July 1769. Recorder of Kidderminster. He w., 15 July 1788, at his house in Park Lane (reg. at St. Geo., Han. Sq.), Mary Baker, widow, da. of Gamaliel Fair, of Norfolk. He d. s.p., 10 Oct. 1788, aged 63, at Himley, and was bur. there. Will pr. Nov. 1788. His widow m., 14 Aug. 1790, Benjamin Jennings, who d. 7 Aug. 1791, in Sloane Str., Chelsea. She m., 4thly, 9 Dec. 1 79 1, John Smith, Capt. R.N. She d. at Twickenham, Midx., and was bur. there 24 May 18 10. Will pr. 18 10. in. 1788. 3. William (Ward), Viscount Dudley and Ward OF Dudley, <yc., br. of the half blood and h., being s. of the 1st Viscount by his 2nd wife. He was b. 21 Jan. 1750, at Himley afsd.; ed. at Eton from 1765; matric. at Oxford (Oriel Coll.) 14 Mar. 1770; M.P. (Tory) for Worcester city 1780-88. Recorder of Kidder- minster. He m., I Aug. 1780, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Julia, 2nd da. of Godfrey Bosvile, of Gunthwaite, co. York, by Diana, da. of Sir William Wentworth, 4th Bart., of Bretton. He d. 25 Apr. 1823, aged 73, at Himley Hall.C*) Admon. June 1823. His widow, who was b. 21 July 1754, d. 23 June 1833, in Bryanston Sq., Midx., aged nearly 79. Will pr. Aug. 1833. (") As a peer he acted with the Grenvilles and protested against the Repeal of the Stamp Act. V.G. C") 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 Viscount's grandfather, William Ward, was a younger son of Humble, first Baron Ward, by the suo jure Baroness Dudley. The Viscount appears, however, to have had possession of Dudley Castle. ("=) See account of the family of Bourchier in Her. and Gen., vol. viii, p. 367. ('*) " He preferred port wine and fiddling to the pursuit of either politics or literature." His wife, " a beauty in her youth, took refuge in later life in cards and
