Arnold Sandwith Ward (1876–1950) was an English

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and

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politician. He served as the MP for the constituency of

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between

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and

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. Ward was the son of Humphry "Thomas" Ward, a fellow and tutor of

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and

Mary Augusta Ward Mary Augusta Ward (''née'' Arnold; 11 June 1851 – 24 March 1920) was a British literature, British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward. She worked to improve education for the poor and she became the founding Pres ...

, a popular author; grandson of

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; greatgrandson of

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, the famous headmaster of

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. He was educated at

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and

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.Spartacus page on Arnold Ward
While at Oxford he played one first-class

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match for the university side as a lower-order right-handed batsman and medium-pace right-arm bowler; he also played

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cricket for

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between 1896 and 1905.

Career

After working as a special correspondent for ''

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'' in

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, the

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and

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from 1899 to 1902,Archives Hub
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, he was elected to parliament in

. His mother was a founder of the

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, and Ward spoke in support of their cause as an MP. A pre-war officer in the part-time

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''Monthly Army List''. he volunteered for overseas service on the outbreak of the

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, and served with A Squadron of the 1/1st Hertfordshire YeomanryHerts Yeomanry on 1914–1918.net
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August 1914 – June 1915. He was then assigned commandant of a convalescent camp on

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June–August 1915, and returned to Egypt January - June 1916. From November 1916 to February 1917 he was attached 3rd Battalion The

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, then to the

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, February–May 1917. For the 1918 general election the

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dropped him as candidate in favour of Dennis Herbert. The 1918 election was the first to be held after the

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, which meant it was the first general election in which women could vote. Ward's Anti-Suffrage stance, which lasted after many others had dropped their objections, would have been a major liability. On the death of his mother in 1920 the family home,

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, had to be sold to pay off his gambling debts.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ward, Arnold Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford People educated at Eton College 1876 births 1950 deaths UK MPs 1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 Anti-suffragists Hertfordshire Yeomanry officers British Army personnel of World War I Machine Gun Corps officers English cricketers Oxford University cricketers Hertfordshire cricketers Buckinghamshire cricketers Members of Parliament for Cricklade King's Own Scottish Borderers officers