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Paternal Family Tree: Ward
Maternal Family Tree: Susanna Margaretta Coker 1745
On 24th April 1851 [his father] William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley (age 34) and Selina Constance de Burgh Baroness Ward (age 21) were married. She by marriage Baroness Ward of Birmingham; she died seven months later.
On 21st November 1865 [his father] William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley (age 48) and [his mother] Georgina Moncrieffe Countess Dudley (age 19) were married. The difference in their ages was 29 years.
On 23rd February 1871 Robert Arthur Ward was born to William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley (age 53) and Georgina Moncrieffe Countess Dudley (age 24).
On 7th May 1885 [his father] William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley (age 68) died at Dudley House Park Lane. His son [his brother] William (age 17) succeeded 2nd Earl of Dudley of Dudley Castle in Staffordshire, 12th Baron Ward of Birmingham.
In 1895 Robert Arthur Ward (age 23) was elected MP Crewe which seat he held until 1900.
In 1896 Robert Arthur Ward (age 24) fought in the Matabeleland campaign.
From 1900 to 1902 Robert Arthur Ward (age 28) served with the 4th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, in the Second Boer War.
On 5th March 1902 Robert Arthur Ward (age 31) was appointed a second lieutenant of the Worcestershire Yeomanry (The Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars).
In 1906 Robert Arthur Ward (age 34) and Mary Acheson (age 25) were married. She the daughter of Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson 4th Earl Gosford (age 64) and Louisa Augusta Beatrice Montagu Countess Gosford (age 49). He the son of William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley and Georgina Moncrieffe Countess Dudley (age 59).
In 1913 Rachel Anne Gurney Countess Dudley (age 45) commissioned a new reredos at Saint Michael and All Angels Church, Great Witley [Map] from Salviati of Venice. The three lamps hanging in the sanctuary were given by the Countess in thanks for her [his brother] husband (age 45) and his two brothers [[his brother] John Hubert Ward (age 42) and Robert Arthur Ward (age 41)] returning safely from the Boer War. The initials on the mosaics appear to be those of the three brothers.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 2nd February 1929 [his mother] Georgina Moncrieffe Countess Dudley (age 82) died.
On 14th June 1942 Robert Arthur Ward (age 71) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ward 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ward 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Reverend William aka Henry Ward 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Grey 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Ward 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Humble Ward 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
GrandFather: William Humble Ward 10th Baron Ward 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Father: William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Robert Arthur Ward 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Moncrieffe 4th Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Moncrieffe 5th Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: David Moncrieffe 6th Baronet
GrandFather: Thomas Moncrieffe 7th Baronet
Mother: Georgina Moncrieffe Countess Dudley 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Henry Hay 8th Earl Kinnoull
Great x 3 Grandfather: Archbishop Robert Hay-Drummond 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Abigail Harley Countess Kinnoul 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Hay-Drummond 10th Earl Kinnoul 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter d'Auriol
Great x 3 Grandmother: Henrietta d'Auriol
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Hay-Drummond 11th Earl Kinnoull 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Harley 3rd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Harley 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Martha Morgan Countess of Oxford and Mortimer 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Harley Countess Kinnoul 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Bangham
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Bangham
GrandMother: Louisa Hay-Drummond Lady Moncrieffe 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Admiral William Rowley
Great x 3 Grandfather: Admiral Joshua Rowley 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Admiral Charles Rowley 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Louisa Burton Rowley Countess Kinnoul
Great x 4 Grandfather: Curtis King
Great x 3 Grandfather: Admiral Richard King 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Barnett
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth King
Great x 3 Grandmother: Susanna Margaretta Coker