Earl of Dudley
Earl of Dudley , of Dudley Castle in the County of Stafford , is a hereditary British title of nobility created twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . In both cases, the award was made to a member of the Ward family.
Awards
The title was first awarded in 1827 to John William Ward, 4th Viscount Dudley and Ward . This was British Foreign Secretary at the time . He died in 1833 without leaving a descendant, so that the title became extinct.
The second bestowal was in 1860 to the son of a distant cousin of the first earl, William Ward, 11th Baron Ward . He had made a name for himself as a patron and in particular supported the restoration of Worcester Cathedral with large donations.
Subordinate title
As the earl's first ancestor, Sir Humble Ward , son of the court goldsmith and jeweler , was raised to Baron Ward , of Birmingham in the County of Warwick , by King Charles I in 1644 . This title belongs to the Peerage of England . Ward was married to Frances Dudley, 6th Baroness Dudley . This title is used today as a subordinate title of the earl dignity .
Simultaneously with the two earliest honors, the title of Viscount Ednam , of Ednam in the County of Roxburgh , who belongs to the Peerage of the United Kingdom, was awarded. The respective title heir leads this dignity as a courtesy title .
Another title
The sixth Baron Ward was raised to Viscount Dudley and Ward , of Dudley in the County of Worcester in 1763 . This title, which belonged to the Peerage of Great Britain , expired in 1833 with the death of the first earl.
List of Barons Ward, Viscounts Dudley and Ward, and Earls of Dudley
Barons Ward (1644)
- Humble Ward, 1st Baron Ward (1614-1670)
- Edward Ward, 7th Baron Dudley, 2nd Baron Ward (1631–1701)
- Edward Ward, 8th Baron Dudley, 3rd Baron Ward (1683–1704)
- Edward Ward, 9th Baron Dudley, 4th Baron Ward (1704–1731)
- William Ward, 10th Baron Dudley, 5th Baron Ward (1680-1740)
- John Ward, 6th Baron Ward (1700–1774) (promoted to Viscount Dudley and Ward in 1763 )
Viscounts Dudley and Ward (1763)
- John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward (1700–1774)
- John Ward, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward (1725–1788)
- William Ward, 3rd Viscount Dudley and Ward (1750-1823)
- John William Ward, 4th Viscount Dudley and Ward (1781–1833) (promoted to Earl of Dudley in 1827 )
Earls of Dudley, First Awarded (1827)
- John William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley (1781–1833)
Barone Ward (1644; continued)
- William Humble Ward, 10th Baron Ward (1781–1835)
- William Ward, 11th Baron Ward (1817–1885) (promoted to Earl of Dudley in 1860 )
Earls of Dudley, Second Award (1860)
- William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley (1817–1885)
- William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley (1867–1932)
- William Humble Eric Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley (1894–1969)
- William Humble Davis Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley (1920–2013)
- William Humble David Jeremy Ward, 5th Earl of Dudley (born 1947)
Probable title heir is the half-brother of the current earl, William Ward (* 1961).
See also
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Eds.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page