William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley

The Right Honourable The Earl of Dudley
The Earl of Dudley as caricatured by Ape (Carlo Pellegrini) in Vanity Fair, June 1870
Personal details
Born	William Ward (1817-03-27)27 March 1817 Edwardstone, Boxford, Suffolk
Died	7 May 1885(1885-05-07) (aged 68)
Spouses	Selina Constance de Burgh ​ ​ (m. 1851; died 1851)​ Georgina Elisabeth Moncreiffe ​ ​ (m. 1865)​
Children	7, including William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley John Hubert Ward
Parent(s)	William Ward, 10th Baron Ward Amelia Pillans
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford Trinity College, Oxford

William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley (27 March 1817 – 7 May 1885), known as The Lord Ward from 1835 to 1860, was a British landowner and benefactor.