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WARD, MICHAEL, only son of Michael Ward, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffs., and Hannah, dau. of Rev. George Roades, Vicar of Leek, Staffs.; b. 7 Dec 1681; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1699; left 1701; Clare Hall, Cambridge, adm. sizar 11 Jul 1698, but did not reside until 1701, matr. 1701; LLB 1704 (incorp. Oxford 1705); ordained; Rector of Blithfield, Staffs., from 1713; Rector of Leigh, Staffs., from 1723; m. 1st, 31 Jan 1707/8 Elizabeth Green; m. 2nd, 10 Jan 1714 Sarah, dau. of Rev. John Spateman, Rector of Yoxhall, Staffs.; d. 11 Sep 1744.

Ward, Sir Melvill Willis, son of Col. Sir Edward Willis Duncan Ward, Bart., K.C.B., of Pimlico, by Florence Caroline, daughter of Henry Minchin Simons, of South Kensington; b. May 25, 1885; adm. April 23, 1896 (R); left Dec. 1896; Midshipman R.N. May 30, 1901; Sub-Lieut. July 30, 1904; resigned Oct. 19, 1906; re-employed during Great War I and promoted Cdr. 1918; retired 1919; re-employed in Great War II as Lieut.-Cdr.; Cdr. May 8, 1946; D.S.C.; succeeded his brother as 3rd Baronet July 21, 1930; m. 1st Dec. 30, 1907, Alice Sophia, daughter of William Cobbett; 2nd Sept. 14, 1944, Helena Glorney, daughter of Isaac Guggenheim, of New York; d. 1973.

WARD, JOHN; b.; adm. 1 Jul 1772.

WARD, JOHN, son of John Ward QC MP, Capesthorne, Cheshire, barrister, and Thomazia, dau. of Thomas Terrick, York; b.; adm. (aged 16) Jan 1717/8; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Apr 1719; buried Capesthorne, Cheshire 21 Oct 1726.

WARD, JEREMY, brother of Thomas Watson Ward (qv); bapt. 20 Jun 1763; adm. 17 Jan 1774; KS (aged 14) 1778; Cadet, EICS Bombay 1779; Lieut., 3rd Native Infantry 6 Aug 1781; Capt., 4th Native Infantry 8 Jan 1796; Maj., 7th Native Infantry 3 Jul 1802; Commandant, Provincial Corps of Tiers; ret. 14 Jan 1805; d. 10 Feb 1818.

WARD, ISAAC, of Kent; b.; adm.; QS ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1567, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1572; BA sup. 15 Jan 1570/1.

WARD, HERBERT GEORGE, second son of David Ward, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, solicitor, and Sarah W. --- (IGI); b. 10 Sep 1865; adm. 21 Jun 1878 (G); left Aug 1883; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 22 Jun 1887; South-Eastern Circuit; Secretary, Hunstanton Golf Club; d. from the result of an accident at Hunstanton, Norfolk 15 Feb 1910.

WARD, HENRY; b.; adm. 2 Apr 1777; left Aug 1785.

WARD, SIR HENRY GEORGE, only son of Robert Ward (afterwards Plumer-Ward) MP, Clerk of the Ordnance, Gilston Park, Herts., barrister, politician and novelist, and his first wife Catherine Julia, dau. of Christopher Thompson Maling, West Herrington, co. Durham; b. 27 Feb 1797; adm. 14 Jun 1808; KS (aged 13) 1810; left 1810; went to Harrow Sch.; attaché, British Legation, Stockholm 1816, The Hague 1818, Madrid 1819; Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico Oct 1823-7; MP (Whig) St. Albans 1832-7, Sheffield 1837- May 1849; Secretary to the Admiralty 1846 – May 1849; High Commissioner, Ionian Islands May 1849 – Apr 1855; Governor of Ceylon May 1855 – Jun 1860; Governor of Madras from Jun 1860; GCMG 1849; author, Mexico in 1825-7; m. 8 Apr 1824 Emily Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Edward Swinburne, Bart.; d. from cholera at Madras, India 2 Aug 1860.

WARD, HENRY CONSTANTINE EVELYN, son of Sir Henry George Ward (qv); b. 16 Apr 1837; adm. 18 Jan 1849; left Whitsun 1849; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1855; Ensign, 20 Apr 1855; 5th Native Infantry 6 Aug 1855; Lieut., 23 Nov 1856; Bengal Staff Corps 18 Feb 1861; Capt., 20 Apr 1867; Maj., 20 Apr 1875; Lieut. -Col., 20 Apr 1881; Col., 20 Apr 1885; ret. 16 Apr 1894; served in Indian Mutiny, in Yusufzai expedition 1858 and in expedition against Waziris 1859; Superintendent, Dhar State 1861-3; with Central Provinces Commission 1864-85; Minister, Bhopal State 1885-8; Commissioner, Nerbudda Division, Central Provinces 1889-92; CIE 2 Jan 1888; JP Berkshire 1900; m. 14 Nov 1868 Mary Kate Worsley, fourth dau. of Rev. John Fisher Turner, Rector of St. Mary Major, Exeter; d. 22 Dec 1907.