John Ward, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward (22 February 1725 – 10 October 1788) was a British peer and politician. He was the son of

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, and his first wife Anna Maria (née Bourchier) and educated at

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. He was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for

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in 1754, a seat he held until 1761, and then represented

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until 1774. The latter year he succeeded his father in the viscountcy and entered the

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. Ward married Mary, daughter of Gamaliel Fair, gardener and seeds-man, who died on 17 December 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

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A daughter

He had a

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daughter Anna Maria Ward (1778–1837), by his Viscountess (when she was still Mrs. Mary Baker, whom he later married). Lord Dudley in his will made an ample provision for the girl and appointed his widow, who died in 1810, and

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as her guardians.Ward v St Paul, February 1789. Rolls April 28. (Reg. Lib 1788, B. fol. 323. b., From: ''Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, During the Time of Lord Chancellor Thurlow, of the Several Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal, and of Lord Chancellor Loughborough, from 1778 to 1794'', 1819.) Anna Maria married Sir Horace St Paul, 1st Baronet, MP, on 14 May 1803.

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*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dudley and Ward, John Ward, 2nd Viscount 1725 births 1788 deaths Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Worcestershire British MPs 1754–1761 British MPs 1761–1768 British MPs 1768–1774

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Viscounts in the Peerage of Great Britain