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    Earl of Dudley, of Dudley Castle in the County of the West Midlands (though previously in the County of Stafford) is a title that has been created twice...
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    William Humble Eric Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley, MC TD (30 January 1894 – 26 December 1969), known as Viscount Ednam until 1932, was a British Conservative...
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    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. Ward...
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    William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, TD, PC (25 May 1867 – 29 June 1932) was a British aristocrat, politician, and military officer...
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    John William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley, PC, FRS (9 August 1781 – 6 March 1833), known as the Honourable John Ward from 1788 to 1823 and as the 4th Viscount...
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  • William Humble David Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley (5 January 1920 – 16 November 2013), styled Viscount Ednam from 1932 to 1969, was a British peer, a member...
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    William Dudley Ward PC (14 October 1877 – 11 November 1946) was an English sportsman and Liberal Party politician. Dudley Ward was born in London, the...
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    of Atholl. In the summer of 1865, the engagement was announced between the 18-year-old Georgina and the 48-year-old William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley,...
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    (1683–1704) Edward Ward, 9th Baron Dudley, 4th Baron Ward (1704–1731) William Ward, 10th Baron Dudley, 5th Baron Ward (1685-1740) Ferdinando Dudley Lea, 11th Baron...
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    the daughter of Claire Leonora (née Baring) and the Hon. Peter Alistair Ward. Her grandfathers were William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley and the cricketer...
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  • grandfather William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, whose second wife was the Edwardian music hall star Gertie Millar, was a member of Lord Salisbury’s government...
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    son of Edmund Dudley, a minister of Henry VII executed by Henry VIII, John Dudley became the ward of Sir Edward Guildford at the age of seven. Dudley grew...
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  • Hubert Ward KCVO (20 March 1870 – 2 December 1938) was a British army officer and courtier. Ward was the second son of William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley by...
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  • Earl of Dudley, was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the early 20th century, and then Governor-General of Australia. He was the son of the 1st Earl of Dudley...
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    Conversazione, of the Royal Academy's soiree in 1891. She became the Countess of Dudley, when she married William Ward. He had been made the Earl of Dudley, and...
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  • Amy Robsart (redirect from Amy Dudley)
    Lady Dudley (née Robsart; 7 June 1532 – 8 September 1560) was the first wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, favourite of Elizabeth I of England...
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  • the wife of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and mother of Guildford Dudley and Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester. Having grown up with her...
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    52°28′49″N 2°07′51″W / 52.48028°N 2.13083°W / 52.48028; -2.13083 The Earl of Dudley’s Railway or Pensnett Railway, was a 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard...
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    in the possession of Earl Edwin of Mercia prior to the Norman Conquest, with William Fitz-Ansculf as Lord of the Manor in 1086. Dudley Castle, constructed...
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  • former actress Tracy Louise Ward (a sister of Rachel Ward and a granddaughter of William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley). They were married on 13 June 1987 at Cornwell...
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    Dudley Castle is a ruined fortification in the town of Dudley, West Midlands, England. Originally a wooden motte and bailey castle built soon after the...
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    Witley Court (category Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen)
    designer William Andrews Nesfield to transform the gardens. In 1885 the 1st Earl of Dudley died and his son William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley (1867–1932)...
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    Stoke-on-Trent. The traditional home of the Ward family was Himley Hall near Dudley and the Viscountess worked towards the establishment of a maternity hospital at...
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  • Secretary of State for Air under Harold Macmillan from 1957 to 1960. Ward was the fourth and youngest son of William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, and Rachel...
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    her marriage to Hon. Sir John Hubert Ward, second son of William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley. Ward was a daughter of Whitelaw Reid and Elisabeth (née Mills)...
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    Earl of Hertford, for his part in the capture of that city in 1544. He also took part in the Siege of Boulogne in September 1544. Under John Dudley,...
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  • of Dudley for £25,000. William Ward, the Earl of Dudley, had it mounted with 95 smaller diamonds in a head ornament. The diamond stayed in the earl's...
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  • of Anthony Grey of Brancepeth, a son of George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent, by his second wife Katherine (or Katharine or Catherine), daughter of William Herbert...
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    of William III and Anne. Herbert was the third son of Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke and his wife Catharine Villiers, daughter of Sir William Villiers...
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  • 11th Earl of Wemyss. Laura was twice divorced, firstly from Walter Long, 2nd Viscount Long and secondly from William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley. Laura's...
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