John Hubert Ward
British army officer and courtier
Major Sir John Hubert Ward (20 March 1870 – 2 December 1938) was a British army officer and courtier.
Early life
Ward was the second son of William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley by his wife Georgina Elizabeth née Moncreiffe. His paternal grandfather was William Humble Ward, 10th Baron Ward and his maternal grandfather was Sir Thomas Moncreiffe, 7th Baronet.
Following his father's death in 1885, his brother, William Humble Ward, succeeded as the 2nd Earl of Dudley. His other siblings included Robert Ward, a member of parliament for Crewe. All six sons of the 1st Earl received half a million dollars upon their father's death.
Ward was educated at Eton College.
Career
He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Worcestershire Yeomanry (The Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars) on 11 January 1900, and served in the Second Boer War 1900–1901, as an aide to Major Gen. John Palmer Brabazon. He was promoted to lieutenant, and later fought in the First World War and gained the rank of major.
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