Lancelot Bangor Ward (14 September 1883 — 12 July 1959) was an English first-class

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er and an officer in the Indian Civil Service. The son of

William Erskine Ward Sir William Erskine Ward (4 February 1838 – 24 December 1916) was a British Indian Civil Service officer. Ward was the son of Hon. John Petty Ward and Eleanor Erskine, and the great-grandson of Bernard Ward, 1st Viscount Bangor. He was educate ...

, he was born in British India at Shillong in September 1883. He was educated in England at

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, before matriculating to Trinity College, Cambridge. After graduating from Cambridge, he joined the Indian Civil Service in June 1905. Ward held a number of positions within the civil service with the Indian Finance Department, holding the position of accountant-general for the

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by April 1926. While in India, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for the

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in September 1910, against the

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and the Hindus. He scored 7 runs in his two matches, in addition to taking 2 wickets. Ward later returned to the United Kingdom, where he died in Wales at Cardigan in July 1959. His uncle, Edward Wolstenholme Ward, was also a first-class cricketer.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ward, Lancelot 1883 births 1959 deaths People from Shillong People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Indian Civil Service (British India) officers English cricketers Europeans cricketers British people in colonial India