Sir Albert Lambert Ward, 1st Baronet (7 November 1875 – 21 October 1956) was a volunteer soldier in the Territorial Army and a

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politician in the United Kingdom. Ward was an officer of the Honourable Artillery Company, he was commissioned a

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in 1902. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1904. He was still a lieutenant at the formation of the Territorial Army in 1908, and was promoted to

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in 1913. He fought in World War I, soon being promoted to temporary

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and ultimately rising to the (substantive) rank of lieutenant-colonel. In 1916, he commanded the Howe Battalion of the

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. After the war he continued as an officer, initially reverting to the rank of major. He was awarded the Territorial Decoration TD in 1919. He was re-promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1924 (re-gaining his former seniority), commanding the unit for a period up to 1928. He was given a brevet (military) promotion to colonel in 1927. In 1931 he was made Honorary Colonel of the 50th (Northumbrian) Divisional Train in the

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. He contested Hull West for the Conservatives at the

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, but was not elected. However, he was returned at the 1918 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull North West, and held the seat until his defeat in the Labour Party landslide at the 1945 election. He served under

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as a Lord of the Treasury from 1931 to 1935 and as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in 1935, under

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as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in 1935 and as

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from 1935 to 1937 and under

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as Treasurer of the Household in 1937. Ward was made a Baronet, of Blyth in the County of Northumberland, in the 1929 King's Birthday Honours. He was made a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1937. In 1946 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of London.

Family

He was the son of Albert Bird Ward (1840–?) and Louisa Emma (Lambert) Ward (1845–?), his sister, Louisa Isabel Ward (1872–1969), married

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. In 1920, he married Constance Vivian (née Tidmas; 1890–1976). Their daughter, Diana Josephine Lambert Ward (1921–2004), Lady Spearman, was the second wife of Sir Alexander Cadwallader Mainwaring Spearman.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ward, Lambert Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1918–1922 UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 Ward, Sir Albert, 1st baronet 1875 births 1956 deaths Treasurers of the Household Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Deputy Lieutenants of the County of London Ministers in the Chamberlain peacetime government, 1937–1939 Honourable Artillery Company officers British Army personnel of World War I Royal Army Service Corps officers