John Ward, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward (22 February 1725 – 10 October 1788) was a British peer and politician.[1]
He was the son of John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward, and his first wife Anna Maria (née Bourchier) and educated at Oriel College, Oxford.
He was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Marlborough in 1754, a seat he held until 1761, and then represented Worcestershire until 1774. The latter year he succeeded his father in the viscountcy and entered the House of Lords. Ward married Mary Baker née Fair, daughter of Gamaliel Fair, gardener and seeds-man, who died on 17 December 1758, aged 69.[2][3]
Ward died in October 1788, aged 63. As he had no sons he was succeeded in the viscountcy by his half-brother William.
- ^ "WARD, Hon. John (1725–88)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ Monumental inscription in the floor of St Andrews Church, Parish of Eaton, Norwich.
- ^ The Perlustration of Great Yarmouth, with Gorleston and Southtown, Volume 1, by Charles John Palmer, FSA, Great Yarmouth, 1872.