Person:William Ward (134)

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William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley
b.25 May 1867
d.29 Jun 1932
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m. 21 Nov 1865
  1. William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley1867 - 1932
  2. Sir John Hubert Ward1870 - 1938
  3. Robert Ward1871 - 1942
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  • H.  William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley1867 - 1932
  • W.  Rachel Anne Gurney (add)
  1. William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley1894 - 1969
  2. George Ward, 1st Viscount Ward of Witley1907 - 1988
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  • H.  William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley1867 - 1932
  • W.  Gertie Millar1879 - 1952
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Name[2] William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 25 May 1867
Marriage to Rachel Anne Gurney (add)
Marriage to Gertie Millar
Death[1][2] 29 Jun 1932
Reference Number? Q335388?


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William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, (25 May 1867 – 29 June 1932), was a British aristocrat, politician, and military officer who served as the fourth Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1908 to 1911. He was previously Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1902 to 1905, and also a government minister under Lord Salisbury.

Dudley was the son of William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley, and succeeded to the earldom at the age of 17. He inherited a substantial fortune and the palatial family seat at Witley Court. Dudley sat with the Conservative Party in the House of Lords, and was Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade from 1895 to 1902. He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland when Arthur Balfour came to power, and was regarded as a competent administrator. His time in Dublin led to his inclusion as a character in James Joyce's Ulysses.

In part due to the urging of King Edward VII, a longtime acquaintance, Dudley was appointed Governor-General of Australia in 1908. His extravagance and pomposity made him unpopular among the general public, and his attempts to interfere in political matters rankled both prime ministers he worked with (Andrew Fisher and Alfred Deakin). Deakin regarded him as doing "nothing really important, nothing thoroughly, nothing consistently [...] very ineffective and not very popular". He was recalled to England after less than three years in office.

Dudley took command of the Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars in 1913. He had first joined the army as a young man, and during the Second Boer War served with the Imperial Yeomanry. In World War I, Dudley commanded the Hussars for the initial stages of the Gallipoli campaign, but he returned to England before its conclusion. He was later attached to the headquarters staff of the 40th Division, and retired with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Dudley had seven children with his first wife, and was succeeded in the earldom by his oldest son William.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe
    http://thepeerage.com/p282.htm.
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