Henry Ward, 5th Viscount Bangor
Henry William Crosbie Ward, 5th Viscount Bangor DL, JP (26 July 1828 – 23 February 1911),[1] styled The Honourable from birth until 1881, was an Irish peer, Conservative politician and soldier.
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Background
He was the second son of Edward Ward, 3rd Viscount Bangor and his wife Harriet Margaret Maxwell, second daughter of Henry Maxwell, 6th Baron Farnham.[2] Ward was educated at Rugby School and then at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[2] In 1881, he succeeded his older brother Edward as viscount.[3]
Career
Ward entered the British Army in 1846 and served in the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot.[4] He fought in the Xhosa Wars and retired in 1854 as captain.[4] In 1886, Ward was elected a representative peer to the House of Lords.[4] He was a Deputy Lieutenant of County Down and represented the county also as Justice of the Peace.[5]
Family
On 6 December 1854, he married firstly the scientist Mary King, youngest daughter of Henry King, and had by her five daughters and three sons.[2] She died in 1869 in history's first car accident.
Ward remarried Elizabeth Eccles, only daughter of Major Hugh Eccles of Cronroe on 8 April 1874.[6] His second marriage was childless.[2] Ward died, aged 82 at his residence Castle Ward and was buried at Ballycutter four days later.[5] He was succeeded in the viscountcy by his youngest and only surviving son Maxwell.[4]
References
- "Leigh Rayment - Peerage". Retrieved 18 August 2009.
- Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1895). Armorial families. Edinburgh: Grange Publishing Works. pp. 62–63.
- "Public Record Office of Northern Ireland - Ward Papers" (PDF). Retrieved 19 August 2009.
- Who was Who 1897-1916. London: A. C. Black, Ltd. 1920. p. 38.
- "ThePeerage - Henry William Ward, 5th Viscount Bangor". Retrieved 18 August 2009.
- Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1930). Armorial Families. 2. Edinburgh: Grange Publishing Works. p. 2033.
Peerage of Ireland | ||
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Preceded by Edward Ward |
Viscount Bangor 1881–1911 |
Succeeded by Maxwell Ward |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by The Earl Erne |
Representative peer for Ireland 1886–1911 |
Succeeded by The Lord Kilmaine |