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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, 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, 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, SIR EDWARD, BART., son of Sir Edward Ward, Bart., and Jane, dau. of William Rant MD, Thorpe Market, Norfolk; bapt. Bixley, Norfolk 31 Aug 1668; adm.; KS 1685; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1689, adm. pens. 12 Jun 1689, aged 18, scholar 2 May 1690, matr. 1689; succ. brother as 4th baronet Jan 1692; adm. Middle Temple 22 May 1693; m. 25 Apr 1697 (IGI) Barbara, dau. of Leonard Gooch, Earsham, Norfolk; buried Bixley, Norfolk 2 Aug 1719.

WALTON, PHILIP, son of William Walton, London and Streatham, Surrey, merchant, and Philippa, dau. of John Purchis MD; b.; adm.; KS 1725; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1729, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1729, scholar 17 Apr 1730, matr. 1729; BA 1732/3; MA 1736; DD 1759; ordained deacon (Bristol) 26 Dec 1737, priest (London) 18 Mar 1737/8; Rector of Mickleham, Surrey, from 6 Feb 1744/5; Vicar of Dorking, Surrey, 7 Mar 1744/5-66; Chancellor of Salisbury from 16 Jan 1756; Prebendary of Winchester from 3 Jul 1756; Vicar of Odiham, Hampshire, from 27 Apr 1766; Vicar of Alton, Hampshire, from 26 Nov 1766; m. 12 Aug 1755 Emma, dau. of Rev. John Gilbert, Vicar of St. Andrew’s, Plymouth, Devon, and sister of Most Rev. John Gilbert LLD, Archbishop of York; d. Apr 1771.

Walters, Owen Huth, brother of Charles Huth Walters (q.v.); b. Sept. 30, 1886; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 28, 1899; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1905, matric. Michaelmas 1905; B.A. 1909; M.A. 1920; Indian Forest Service; asst. conservator Jan. 1912; deputy conservator Dec. 1916; retired July 1927; farmed at Mortimer, Cape Province; d. 1958.

Walters, Charles Huth, son of Henry Huth Walters, of Ufford, Suffolk, by Mary, daughter of John Hart, C.M.G., of Port Adelaide, South Australia; b. May 13, 1881; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 27, 1894; left April 1899; ordained 1904; Curate of Rugeley, Staffs, 1904-7, of St. CoJumba's, Haggerston, London, 1907-20; Vicar of St. John's, Limehouse, London, 1920; d. Aug. 7, 1936.

WALTER, ROBERT; b.; adm.; QS ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1565, Westminster Student 11 Jan 1565/6-71; BA 17 Feb 1568/9.

WALTER, JOSEPH, of Staffordshire; b. 1566; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1585, adm. scholar 1586, matr. Easter 1586; BA 1589/90; MA 1593; BD 1602; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1591 – c. 1597; ordained deacon and priest (Lincoln) 13 Dec 1593; Rector of Woodwalton, Hunts., 1596; Rector of Alconbury and Weston, Hunts., from 1606; d. 1652.