Sir Albert Lambert Ward | |
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Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull North West | |
In office 14 December 1918 – 15 June 1945 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | Kim Mackay |
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | |
In office 1935–1935 | |
Preceded by | Sir Victor Warrender |
Succeeded by | George Davies |
Comptroller of the Household | |
In office 1935–1937 | |
Preceded by | George Bowyer |
Succeeded by | George Davies |
Treasurer of the Household | |
In office 1937–1937 | |
Preceded by | Sir Frederick Penny |
Succeeded by | Arthur Hope |
Personal details | |
Born | 7 November 1875 |
Died | 21 October 1956 | (aged 80)
Political party | Conservative |
Sir Albert Lambert Ward, 1st Baronet, CVO, DSO, TD, DL (7 November 1875 – 21 October 1956) was a volunteer soldier in the Territorial Force and a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Ward was an officer of the Honourable Artillery Company, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1902.[1] He was promoted to lieutenant in 1904.[2] He was still a captain at the formation of the Territorial Force in 1908,[3] and was promoted to captain in 1913.[4] He fought in World War I, soon being promoted to temporary Major[5] and ultimately rising to the (substantive) rank of lieutenant colonel.[6][7]
In 1916, he commanded the Howe Battalion of the Royal Naval Division.[8] After the war he continued as an officer, initially reverting to the rank of major. He was awarded the Territorial Decoration TD in 1919.[9] He was re-promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1924 (re-gaining his former seniority),[10] commanding the unit for a period up to 1928.[11] He was given a brevet (military) promotion to colonel in 1927.[12] In 1931 he was made Honorary Colonel of the 50th (Northumbrian) Divisional Train in the Royal Army Service Corps.[13]
He contested Hull West for the Conservatives at the December 1910 general election, but was not elected.[14] However, he was returned at the 1918 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull North West,[15] and held the seat until his defeat in the Labour Party landslide at the 1945 election.[16][17][18][19][20][21] He served under Ramsay MacDonald as a Lord of the Treasury from 1931 to 1935[22][23] and as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in 1935,[24] under Stanley Baldwin as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in 1935 and as Comptroller of the Household from 1935 to 1937[25][26][27] and under Neville Chamberlain as Treasurer of the Household in 1937.[28]
Ward was made a Baronet, of Blyth in the County of Northumberland, in the 1929 King's Birthday Honours.[29][30] He was made a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1937.[31] In 1946 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of London.[32]