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Robert Arthur Ward, OBE (23 February 1871 – 14 June 1942), was a British soldier and

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politician.

Biography

Acheson Sisters (Ladies Alexandra, Mary and Theo Acheson)

Ward was the third son of

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, and his second wife Georgina Elisabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Moncreiffe, 7th Baronet.

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, was his elder brother.thepeerage.com Hon. Robert Arthur Ward
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in the 1895 general election, a seat he held until 1900. Ward fought in the

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campaign of 1896. He served with the 4th Battalion,

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, in the

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from early 1900 until he resigned his commission 5 March 1902, when he was appointed a

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of the Worcestershire Yeomanry (The Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars). He later served in the

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, where he was twice

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. In 1919 he was appointed an Officer of the

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(OBE). Ward married Lady Mary Acheson, daughter of

Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford, (19 August 1841 – 11 April 1922) was a British peer. The son of Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford, he was born at Worlingham Hall, Suffolk, in 1841, and educated at Harrow School; ...

and his wife Lady Louisa Montagu, in 1906. He died in June 1942, aged 71.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ward, Robert 1871 births 1942 deaths Younger sons of earls Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1895–1900 Officers of the Order of the British Empire

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Worcestershire Yeomanry officers