Jean Templeton Ward, Lady Ward

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

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( Reid; 13 July 1884 – 1 May 1962) was an American-born philanthropist and society hostess. The only daughter of

Whitelaw Reid Whitelaw Reid (October 27, 1837 – December 15, 1912) was an American politician and newspaper editor, as well as the author of ''Ohio in the War'', a popular work of history. After assisting Horace Greeley as editor of the ''New-York Tribu ...

, the American Ambassador to the United Kingdom, she lived in London after her marriage to Sir

John Hubert Ward Major Sir John Hubert Ward, (20 March 1870 – 2 December 1938) was a British army officer and courtier. Early life Ward was the second son of William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley by his wife Georgina Elizabeth née Moncreiffe. His paternal grand ...

, second son of the

William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley (27 March 1817 – 7 May 1885), known as The Lord Ward from 1835 to 1860, was a British landowner and benefactor. Background and education Ward was born on 27 March 1817 at Edwardstone, Boxford, Suffolk, Engl ...

Early life

Ward was a daughter of

and Elisabeth (

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

Mills) Reid (1857–1931), Her older brother was New York publisher

Ogden Mills Reid Ogden Mills Reid (May 16, 1882 – January 3, 1947) was an American newspaper publisher who was president of the '' New York Herald Tribune''. Early life Reid was born on May 16, 1882 in Manhattan. He was the son of Elisabeth ( née Mills) Reid ( ...

, who married Helen Miles Rogers. Her father served as the

U.S. Minister to France The United States ambassador to France is the official representative of the president of the United States to the president of France. The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with France since the American Revolution. Relations we ...

(under President

Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833March 13, 1901) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 23rd president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia–a grandson of the ninth pr ...

) and as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom (under Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft) until his death in 1912. Her parents were social people known for throwing lavish parties, including a musicale at their residence in Manhattan, at Madison Avenue and 50th Street, for 400 people, in 1901. Shortly before her father's death, he hosted the Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Duke and Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, Duchess of Connaught at his New York home. Her maternal grandparents were financier Darius Ogden Mills and Jane Templeton (née Cunningham) Mills. Her maternal uncle was financier and Thoroughbred racehorse owner Ogden Mills (financier), Ogden Mills. Her cousins included Gladys Mills Phipps, Gladys Livingston Mills (wife of Henry Carnegie Phipps), Beatrice Mills Forbes, 8th Countess of Granard, Beatrice Mills (wife of Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard), Ogden L. Mills, Ogden Livingston Mills (the 50th United States Secretary of the Treasury who married Margaret Stuyvesant Rutherfurd).

Personal life

Ward’s engagement to the 38-year-old Hon. Sir

(1870–1938), was announced in April 1908. He was a son of

and Georgina Ward, Countess of Dudley. His paternal grandfather was William Humble Ward, 10th Baron Ward and his maternal grandfather was Sir Thomas Moncreiffe, 7th Baronet. They were married on 23 June 1908 at the Chapel Royal (St. James's Palace), Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace in a ceremony attended by King Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark, Queen Alexandra. The wedding was celebrated at Dorchester House, and was considered one of the greatest society events of the year. Together, the couple had two sons: Together, they were the parents of: * Edward John Sutton Ward (1909–1990), who married Margaret Susan Corbett in 1934. After her death in 1981, he married Marion Elizabeth Jessie Clover, the former wife of William Romilly, 4th Baron Romilly, in 1986. His godfather was King Edward VII. * Alexander Reginald Ward (1914–1987), a Justice of the Peace for Berkshire between 1941 and 1947, who married Ilona Hollos in 1946. They divorced in 1959 and he married Zena Moyra Marshall in 1967. They divorced 1969 and he married Constance Cluett Sage. Ward was an "accomplished horsewoman... excellent musician" and fluent in several languages including German and Italian. In 1912, Sir John paid £10,000 for Dudley House, London, Dudley House, a 44,000 square foot London townhouse that was built for his ancestor, the John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward, 6th Baron Ward. The house, where the Wards hosted the King and Queen in 1914, was bombed during the War. The Wards also had a country estate, known as Chilton Foliat, Chilton, in Hungerford, Berkshire. For her charitable work during World War II, Lady Ward was made a Commander of the British Empire and was a Dame of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Sir John died at their home, Dudley House, London, Dudley House in London, on 2 December 1938. Lady Ward died in May 1962.

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Jean Templeton Ward (née Reid)
at the National Portrait Gallery, London
Codicils to the will of the Hon. Jean Templeton Ward (Lady Ward), CBE of Chilton, Hungerford, Berks. Dudley House, London and Kinnaird, Ballinluig, Perthshire
at The National Archives (United Kingdom), The National Archives {{DEFAULTSORT:Ward, Jean Templeton 1884 births 1962 deaths Reid family, Jean Templeton Ward family, Jean Templeton American emigrants to England Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom American socialites British socialites British people of American descent Gilded Age People from Manhattan Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Wives of knights