George Reginald Ward, 1st Viscount Ward of Witley, PC (20 November 1907-15 June 1988), was a British Conservative politician. Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. He served as Secretary of State for Air from 1957 to 1960. The Secretary of State for Air was a cabinet level British position in charge of the Air Ministry.
Ward was the fourth and youngest son of William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, and Rachel Gurney. William Humble Ward 2nd Earl of Dudley, GCB, GCMG, GCVO ( 25 May 1867 – 29 June 1932) styled Viscount He was educated at Lancing College and then New College, Oxford. Lancing College is a co-educational English Independent school, founded in 1848 by Rev New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, He served in the Second World War as an RAF Group Captain. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Group Captain ( Gp Capt in the RAF and Indian Air Force, GPCAPT in the RNZAF and RAAF, G/C in the former In 1945 he was elected to the House of Commons for Worcester, a seat he held until 1960, and served under Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden as Under-Secretary of State for Air from 1952 to 1955 and as Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty from 1955 to 1957. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords Worcester is a Borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 Robert Anthony Eden 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC (12 June 1897 &ndash 14 January 1977 was a British Conservative Politician The Under-Secretary of State for Air was a junior ministerial post in the United Kingdom Government supporting the Secretary of State for Air. The office of Secretary to the Admiralty or (from the mid-18th century First Secretary to the Admiralty was formerly an important position within the Admiralty of When Harold Macmillan became Prime Minister in January 1957 he was appointed Secretary of State for Air, which he remained until October 1960. (Maurice Harold Macmillan 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC (10 February 1894 &ndash 29 December 1986 was a British Conservative Politician The Secretary of State for Air was a cabinet level British position in charge of the Air Ministry. Ward was admitted to the Privy Council in 1957 and in 1960 he was raised to the peerage as Viscount Ward of Witley, of Great Witley in the County of Worcester. Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign.
Lord Ward of Whitley married firstly Anne Diana France Aysham Capell, daughter of Arthur Edward Capell, in 1940. They had two children, one son and one daughter, but were divorced in 1951. He married secondly Barbara Mary Colonsay McNeill, daughter of Ronald Frank Rous McNeill, in 1962. Lord Ward of Witley died in June 1988, aged 80. His only son Anthony Giles Humble Ward had predeceased him and as a result his title became extinct on his death.
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| Preceded by William Pomeroyd Crawford Greene |
Member of Parliament for Worcester 1945–1960 |
Succeeded by Peter Walker |
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| Preceded by Nigel Birch |
Under-Secretary of State for Air 1952–1955 |
Succeeded by Christopher Soames |
| Preceded by Allan Noble |
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty 1955–1957 |
Succeeded by Christopher Soames |
| Preceded by Nigel Birch |
Secretary of State for Air 1957–1960 |
Succeeded by Julian Amery |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
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Viscount Ward of Witley 1960–1988 |
Succeeded by Extinct |
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