Background
Ward was the son of John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward, by his second wife Mary (née Carver).
Ward was the son of John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward, by his second wife Mary (née Carver).
He was elected to the House of Commons for Worcester in 1780, a seat he held until 1788, when he succeeded his half-brother in the viscountcy and entered the House of Lords.