The title of Earl of Dudley has been created twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, both times for members of the Ward family. It was created first in 1827 for John William Ward, 4th Viscount Dudley and Ward, then Foreign Secretary. He died childless in 1833, but the title was recreated in 1860 for a distant cousin. The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ... Naval Battle of Navarino by Carneray 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... John William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley (1781—1833), became the 4th Viscount Dudley and Ward in 1823. ... The position of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs was created in the United Kingdoms governmental reorganization of 1782, in which the Northern and Southern Departments became the Home and Foreign Offices. ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ...

The 2nd to 5th Barons Ward also bore the more ancient title of Lord Dudley as a result of the marriage of the 1st baron to Frances Sutton the sole legitimate grandchild of Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley. His father redeemed the heavily mortaged estates of her family around Dudley, whose mineral resources were the founation fo the famil's great wealth. On the failure of male issue, the title Lord Dudley, but not the estates devolved on a nephew, Ferdinando Lord Dudley. Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley (1567-1643) inherited the lordship of Dudley from his father, also Edward Sutton, and was the last of his name to bear the title. ... The title Baron Dudley was created by writ in the Peerage of England for Sir John Sutton, who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. ...

The Earl bears the subsidiary titles of Viscount Ednam, of Ednam in the County of Roxburgh (1860), in the Peerage of the UK and Baron Ward, of Birmingham in the County of Warwick (1644), in the Peerage of England. Disambiguation: Ednam can also refer to the aristocratic title Viscount Ednam Ednam is a small village, near Kelso in the Scottish Borders (south east Scotland). ... Roxburghshire (Siorrachd Rosbroig in Gaelic) is a traditional county of Scotland. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... // Events February to August - Explorer Abel Tasmans second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia. ... The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. ...

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) (became Viscount Dudley and Ward in 1763)

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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) (became Earl of Dudley in 1827)

1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Events January 1 - Russia accepts Julian calendar. ... Chesma Column in Tsarskoe Selo, commemorating the end of the Russo-Turkish War. ... Events February 8 - Catherine I became empress of Russia February 20 - The first reported case of white men scalping Native Americans takes place in New Hampshire colony. ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Events March 2 - Small earthquake in London, England April 4 - Small earthquake in Warrington, England August 23 - Small earthquake in Spalding, England September 30 - Small earthquake in Northampton, England November 16 – Westminster Bridge officially opened Jonas Hanway is the first Englishman to use an umbrella James Gray reveals her sex... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... John William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley PC (9 August 1781 – 6 March 1833), became the 4th Viscount Dudley and Ward in 1823. ... 1781 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Earls of Dudley, First Creation (1827)

• John William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley (1781-1833)

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Barons Ward (continued)

• William Humble Ward, 10th Baron Ward (1781-1835)
• William Ward, 11th Baron Ward (1817-1885) (became Earl of Dudley in 1860)

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Earls of Dudley, Second Creation (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 (b. 1920)

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Further reading

• Grazebrooke, H. S. 'The Barons of Dudley' Staffs. Hist. Coll. IX(2).

See also

• Barons and Earls of Dudley
• Baron Dudley
• Viscount Ward of Witley