William Dudley Ward

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William Dudley Ward PC (14 October 1877 – 11 November 1946) was an English sportsman and Liberal Party politician.

Early life

Dudley Ward was born in London, the son of William Humble Dudley Ward and the great-grandson of William Humble Ward, 10th Baron Ward.[1] His mother was the Honourable Eugenie Violet Adele Brett, daughter of William Brett, 1st Viscount Esher. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] At Cambridge, he was secretary of the Pitt Club.[3]

Sporting activities

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William Dudley Ward as depicted by "Spy" (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, 29 March 1900.

Dudley Ward rowed for Cambridge in the Boat Race in 1897 when Oxford won, and as President of Cambridge University Boat Club (CUBC), he rowed in the winning Cambridge crews in the 1899 and 1900 Boat Races.[4]

At Henley Royal Regatta, he was runner-up in Silver Goblets (pairs' event) in 1900 with Raymond Etherington-Smith. His crew won the Stewards' Challenge Cup in 1901. In 1902, he won the Grand Challenge Cup, the Stewards' Challenge Cup again, and the Silver Goblets partnering Claude Taylor. In 1903 his crew won the Stewards' and Grand again.[5]

In the 1908 Summer Olympics, Dudley Ward was a crew member of the British boat Sorais, which won the bronze medal in the 8-metre class.[6]

Political career

Dudley Ward was returned to Parliament for Southampton in 1906, a seat he held until 1922,[7] and served under H. H. Asquith as Treasurer of the Household from 1909[8] to 1912.[9] During World War I he was a Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, though this may have been a cover for his counter-espionage work for Admiral Sir William Reginald Hall, Director of Naval Intelligence. He served under David Lloyd George as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 1917[10] to 1922.[11] In 1922 he was admitted to the Privy Council.[12]

Personal life

Dudley Ward reportedly "had a liking for the fleshpots and was known, on occasions, to turn up for training still dressed in white tie and tails."[13] He married Winifred May "Freda" Birkin (better known under her married name of Freda Dudley Ward), daughter of Colonel Charles Wilfred Birkin, in 1913. She was a socialite and became a mistress of Edward, Prince of Wales. The marriage produced two daughters, of whom the elder, Penelope Dudley-Ward, was a leading actress in the 1930s and 1940s. The couple were divorced in 1931. After retiring from politics, he divided his time between England and Canada, where he was custodian of Edward, Prince of Wales's Alberta properties, primarily the E.P. Ranch, the royal's cattle ranch near Pekisko west of Calgary. An old sandstone building on Stephen Avenue where he had his offices is known as the Glanville/Ward Block.[14] Dudley Ward died in Calgary, Alberta in November 1946, aged sixty-nine, after an operation, and is buried in the city's Union Cemetery. Freda remarried in 1937 and died in March 1983, aged eighty-eight.

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References

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  1. ↑ Earl of Dudley for further information on the Ward family.
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  13. ↑ R. Burnell & G. Page, The Brilliants: A History of the Leander Club, p. 82
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