Education
Ward was educated at Barwell National School in Leicestershire.
Ward was educated at Barwell National School in Leicestershire.
In business Ward was a highly successful Boot and Shoe Manufacturer but he also served in local politics as a Parish, District and County Councillor, later an Alderman and as a Justice of the Peace. He held the seat until the 1924 election. He died in Hinckley aged 72, when his address was Rosslyn, Barwell, near Leicester.
In his Will, George Ward left his former home, the Cedars to the people of Barwell, which was used as an educational establishment for a number of years, until it was vacated in 2002 due to subsidence problems.
After a number of years, the George Ward Community Centre was opened in the village using the money from the sale of the Cedars, and was so-named in honour of George Ward"s contribution to the village.
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In 1923 he was elected as Liberal Member of Parliament for Bosworth.