John Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley
John William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley, PC, FRS( 9 August 1781 – 6 March 1833), known as the Honourable John Ward from 1788 to 1823 and as the 4th Viscount Dudley and Ward from 1823 to 1827, was a British politician.
He served as Foreign Secretary from 1827 to 1828.
William Ward (1677–1720)
William Ward( 1677 – 1720) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1710 and 1720.
Ward was the eldest surviving son of Hon. William Ward of Willingsworth in Sedgley and his wife Anne Parkes, daughter of William Parkes of Willingsworth.
He travelled abroad in 1692 and attended Padua University in 1694.
He married Mary Grey, daughter of the Hon. John Grey of Enville on 25 May 1700.
Ward was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Staffordshire at the 1710 general election but did not stand in 1713.
He was returned unopposed again as MP for Staffordshire at the 1715 general election and sat until his death.
Ward died on 25 October 1720.
He and his wife had three sons and four daughters.
His son, John
Ward succeeded his second cousin as Baron Ward in 1740 and to the entailed Dudley estates, and was created Viscount Dudley and Ward in 1763.
John Ward (diplomat, died 1890)
John Ward( 1805 – 1890) was an English diplomat.
John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward
John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward (6 March 1704 – 6 May 1774), known as John Ward until 1740 and as the 6th Baron Ward from 1740 to 1763, was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1734.
John Ward, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward
John Ward, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward (22 February 1725 – 10 October 1788) was a British peer and politician.
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, daughter of Gamaliel Fair, gardener and seeds-man, who died December 17, 1758, aged 69.
Ward died in October 1788, aged 63.
As he had no sons he was succeeded in the viscountcy by his half-brother William.
Horace St Paul
Sir Horace David Cholwell St Paul, 1st Baronet (6 January 1775 – 8 October 1840) was an English soldier and Member of Parliament.
He was born in Paris, the eldest son of Horace St. Paul of Ewart Park, Northumberland.
His younger brother was Henry St Paul, MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed from 1812 to 1820.
It would be hard to describe St. Paul's background more clearly than R.G. Thorne does: 'St. Paul’s father, a Northumbrian gentleman driven into exile after killing a man in a duel, was a soldier of fortune in the Seven Years' War, who returned to England with an Austrian title and a royal pardon, subsequently distinguishing himself in diplomacy, before retiring to his ancestral home.'
St Paul was educated at Houghton le Spring and Eton College (1783).
He succeeded his father in 1812 as a count of the Austrian Empire.
He joined the British Army as an ensign in the 1st Foot regiment in 1793, and was promoted to lieutenant in 1794.
He transferred to the 1st Dragoon Guards as a cornet in March 1794, became a lieutenant in July 1794 and a captain in 1798.
He was then a major in the 5th Foot in 1802, rising to brevet lieutenant-colonel in 1811, and to colonel (on half-pay) in 1820.
He was elected MP for Bridport in 1812, sitting until 1820, when he was beaten by Christopher Spurrier.
However he regained the seat on petition and sat again until 1832.
He was created a baronet on 17 November 1813.
In 1832, he attempted to win the newly created seat of Dudley but was defeated by the Whig, Sir John Campbell.
He married, 14 May 1803, Anna Maria, the "natural" daughter and heiress of John Ward, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward and had a son and 5 daughters.
He was succeeded by his son Horace (1812–91), MP for Worcestershire East, who succeeded him as count and baronet.
William Ward, 3rd Viscount Dudley and Ward
William Ward, 3rd Viscount Dudley and Ward( 21 January 1750 – 25 April 1823) was a British peer and politician.
Ward was the son of John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward, by his second wife Mary Carver.
He was elected to the House of Commons for Worcester in 1780, a seat he held until 1788, when he succeeded his half- brother in the viscountcy and entered the House of Lords.
In 1780 he married Julia Bosville, younger daughter of Godfrey Bosville of Gunthwaite, Yorkshire, and sister of the ardent Whig Colonel William Bosville( 1745 – 1813).
Ward died in April 1823, aged 73, and was succeeded by his son John, who served as Foreign Secretary and was created Earl of Dudley in 1827.
William Ward, 10th Baron Dudley
William Ward, 10th Baron Dudley and 5th Baron Ward( 1685- 1740) succeeded his nephew, Edward Ward, 9th Baron Dudley in the Baronies of Dudley and Ward in 1731.
On his death the two baronies separated, the Barony of Dudley descending to his nephew, Ferdinando Dudley Lea whilst the Barony of Ward, together with Dudley Castle, were inherited by John Ward
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
John Ward (composer)
John Ward( 1590 – 1638) was an English composer.

Question: What is the date of death of John Ward, 2Nd Viscount Dudley And Ward's father?
Answer: 6 May 1774