John William Ward, earl of Dudley

(1781-1833)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Dudley, John William Ward, Earl of, 1781-1833 NRA: Ward, John William (1781-1833) Earl Dudley of Dudley Castle, statesman DNB: Ward, John William, earl of Dudley (1781-1833), politician LBT ID: LdDudle VIAF ID: 58168354 LOC ID: n88125059	B/BAP: 1781-08-09 DIED: 1833-03-06
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The son of William Ward, third Viscount Dudley (d. 1823); educated at Edinburgh and Oxford, he was an English MP, sometimes a Foxite Whig and sometimes Canningite Tory, who suffered from insanity in his latter years.
CORRESPONDENCE OF John William Ward, earl of Dudley: John William Ward to Samuel Rogers, [March 1805] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Lord Dudley to Samuel Rogers, [December 1825] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Lord Dudley to Samuel Rogers, 25 December 1825 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Lord Dudley to Samuel Rogers, 3 December 1830 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)