Background
He was the fourth son of Bernard Ward, 1st Viscount Bangor and his wife Lady Ann Bligh, daughter of John Bligh, 1st Earl of Darnley and his wife Theodosia Bligh, 10th Baroness Clifton.
He was the fourth son of Bernard Ward, 1st Viscount Bangor and his wife Lady Ann Bligh, daughter of John Bligh, 1st Earl of Darnley and his wife Theodosia Bligh, 10th Baroness Clifton.
Following the latter"s death in 1812, he conveyed the by-that-time-insane 2nd Viscount out of his residence Castle Ward and plundered lieutenant He entered the Irish House of Commons in 1777, sitting for Wicklow Borough until 1783. Ward was elected for Killyleagh in 1790 and represented it until 1798, when he was returned for Bangor, the family"s customary constituency, until the Acting of Union in 1801.
In November of the latter year, he was sworn of the Privy Council of Ireland.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Down for 1792-1793. Ward was a trustee of the Irish Linen Board and from 1805 was Governor of County Down.
In 1800, he became the first colonel of the new established South Downshire Militia.
4th United Kingdom Parliament.