William Ward was Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Staffordshire

Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 from 1710–1713 and 1715 until his death.

He was the eldest son of Hon. William Ward of Willingsworth in Sedgley

Sedgley

Sedgley is an urban village within the West Midlands county of England. Historically a part of Staffordshire, Sedgley was formerly an ancient manor composed of several smaller villages, including Gornal, Gospel End, Woodsetton, Ettingshall, Coseley and Brierley...

 and Anne daughter and eventual heir of William Parkes of Willingsworth. He married Mary, daughter of the Hon. John Grey

John Grey (died 1709)

Hon. John Grey , of Enville Hall, Staffordshire, was a Member of Parliament for that county.He was the third son of Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford and Lady Anne Cecil, youngest daughter and coheiress of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter, whose second son was Anchitell Grey, the Parliamentary...

 of Enville

Enville

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, younger son of Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford

Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford

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. His son, John Ward

John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward

John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward , known as John Ward until 1740 and as the 6th Baron Ward from 1740 to 1763, was a British peer and politician....

 succeeded his second cousin as Baron Ward in 1740 and to the entail

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ed Dudley

Dudley

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 estates, and was created Viscount Dudley and Ward in 1763.