Sir Edward Ward, 1st Baronet of Bixley ( - 1684) was twice
Sheriff of Norfolk in 1655–56 and 1656–57.
Biography
Edward Ward was born about 1618, the son and heir of Thomas Ward of
Bixley, Norfolk (bur. there 17 September 1632), by Anne, daughter of William Pert of Essex. He was admitted to
Gray's Inn on 1 November 1635.
He was
Sheriff of Norfolk for two successive years in 1656 and 1657.
He was knighted, whilst sheriff, by the
Lord Protector
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Oliver Cromwell at Whitehall on 2 November 1657 (this honour
passed into oblivion at the
Restoration
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...
). King
Charles II created him a baronet of Bixley, Norfolk, on 19 December 1660.
He died and was buried at Bixley on 2 September 1684.
Family
Edward Ward married firstly Mary, daughter of Richard Catelyn of Kirby Cane. She died before her father and was, apparently, buried at Postwick, Norfolk. He married secondly Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of John Harborne, of
Mundham
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, Norfolk, who was son of
William Harborne, ambassador (1582) to Turkey. They had children:
*Edward, who became the 2nd baronet and married Jane, daughter of William Rant, M.D. of London, and died about 1684, when he was succeeded by his eldest son Thomas.
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1618 births
1684 deaths
Members of Gray's Inn
High Sheriffs of Norfolk
Baronets in the Baronetage of England