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WARD, THOMAS WATSON, eldest son of Thomas Watson Ward, Great Wilbraham, Cambs., Lieut. -Col. Cambridgeshire Militia, and Anne, dau. of Rev. Jeremiah Pemberton, Rector of Girton, Cambs.; b.; adm. 15 Jan 1774; KS (aged 14) 1777; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1781, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1781, scholar 19 Apr 1782, matr. 1781; BA 1785; MA 1788; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1787, Major Fellow 2 Jul 1788; an Usher at the School 1784 – c. 1798 (?); ordained; Vicar of Felmersham cum Pavenham, Beds., from Nov 1792; Vicar of Sharnbrook, Beds., from May 1801; m. 1st, 20 Dec 1792 Ann, eldest dau. of Charles Tufnell (qv); m. 2nd, 21 Aug 1798 Mary, dau. of Richard Grant (adm. 1751, qv); d. 30 May 1825.

WARD, ROBERT, of Middlesex; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1620, matr. 12 Oct 1621, aged 19, Westminster Student to death; BA 1624; MA 1627; d. 1631 (will proved Oxford, 7 Jul 1631).

Ward, Mierzystan George Witold; b. 3 May 1916; adm. Jan. 1930 (A); left July 1933; an architec­tural student.

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, 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, 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.