Background
He was the second son of Edward Ward, 3rd Viscount Bangor and his wife Harriet Margaret Maxwell, second daughter of Henry Maxwell, 6th Baron Farnham.
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Education
Ward was educated at Rugby School and then at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Career
Ward entered the British Army in 1846 and served in the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot. He fought in the Xhosa Wars and retired in 1854 as captain. In 1886, Ward was elected a representative peer to the House of Lords.
He was a Deputy Lieutenant of County Down and represented the county also as Justice of the Peace.
She died in 1869 in history"s first car accident and Ward remarried Elizabeth Eccles, only daughter of Hugh Eccles on 8 April 1874. Ward died, aged 82 at his residence Castle Ward and was buried at Ballycutter four days later.
He was succeeded in the viscountcy by his youngest and only surviving son Maxwell.
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Political Party
Conservative