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4 days ago · John William son and heir of William the third viscount succeeded in 1823, and was created Earl of Dudley in 1827, (fn. 120) but died unmarried in 1833, when the barony of Ward, with his estates passed to his second cousin William Humble Ward.
Jul 1, 2024 · Lord Dudley and Ward, the husband of his grand-daughter, complained that on 24 January 1640 Downes and Keysall forcibly took possession of a water mill from Lord Dudley's tenants and, as they did so, 'fell into high wordes against the Lord Dudley', calling his grand-daughter a whore and Ward a 'beggarly rogue'.
4 days ago · He sold the manor about 1836–7 to William eleventh Lord Ward, elevated to the earldom of Dudley on 17 February 1860. The earl enlarged Witley Court, still, when he bought it, the chief seat of the Foleys, into an almost palatial residence, and died on 7 May 1885.
Jun 10, 2024 · William Pleydell Bouverie, styled Viscount Folkestone, later [1828] 3rd Earl of Radnor: 11 May 1779: 9 Apr 1869: 89: 7 Jul 1802: John William Ward, later [1827] 1st Earl of Dudley of Dudley Castle (to Aug 1803) 9 Aug 1781: 6 Mar 1833: 51: 18 Jun 1803: John Blaquiere, 1st Baron de Blaquiere [I] (to 1806) 15 May 1732: 27 Aug 1812: 80: 13 Aug 1803
Jun 10, 2024 · John William Ward, later [1827] 1st Earl of Dudley of Dudley Castle (to Nov 1806) 9 Aug 1781: 6 Mar 1833: 51: 3 Mar 1806: William Beauchamp Lygon, later [1816] 2nd Earl Beauchamp (to 1816) 1782: 12 May 1823: 40: 7 Nov 1806: William Henry Lyttelton, later [1828] 3rd Baron Lyttelton (to 1820) 3 Apr 1782: 30 Apr 1837: 55: 5 Dec 1816
1 day ago · From top left: Dudley Town Centre viewed from Castle Hill with the spire of St Thomas church; Dudley Priory; Dudley Zoo; Dudley Market Place; Dudley Castle; Statue of William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley.
Jun 22, 2024 · Lord Ward's Tunnel (southern entrance) is a major waterways place on the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Dudley Canal No 1 - Dudley Tunnel) between Dudley Tunnel (northern entrance) (1 furlong to the east) and Dudley Tunnel (southern entrance) (1 mile and 5 furlongs to the southwest).
