William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley was a British aristocrat, politician, and military officer who served as the fourth governor-general of Australia, in office from 1908 to 1911. He was previousl
Ward c. 1900s
Dudley as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and ex officio Grand Master of the Order of St Patrick
Lord Dudley in his viceregal uniform
William Humble Eric Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley, MC TD, known as Viscount Ednam until 1932, was a British Conservative Party politician.
William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley
…and retired with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Dudley had seven children with his first wife, and was succeeded in the earldom by his oldest son William. Dudley was born in London, the son of William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley, and Georgina, daughter of Sir Thomas Moncrieff, 7th Baronet. He was educated…
William Humble Eric Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley