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DUDLEY 491 1878, pr. 18 July 1885, over ;^i, 02 6,000. His widow, who was 1^. 9 Aug. 1846, at Brighton, was living I9i6.() III. 1885. 2. William Humble (Ward), Earl of Dudley of Dudley Castle [i860]. Viscount Ednam [i860], and Baron Ward OF Birmingham [ i 644], s. and h., by 2nd wife, 1^.25 May 1867, at Dudley House afsd., seykJ ViscovtiT Ednam till 1885; ed. at Eton. Member of the L.C.C. (Holborn) 1895-98; Sec. to the Board of Trade (Conservative) 1 895-1 902; P.C. 11 Aug. 1902; Lord Lieut, of Ireland 1902-05; G.C.V.O. II Aug. 1903; Gov. Gen. of Australia 1 908-11. He served in the great European War as Lieut. Col. Worcestershire Hussars. C") He m., 14 Sep. 1 891, at Trinity Church, Sloane Str., Chelsea, King Edward being present, Rachel, yst. da. of Charles Henry Gurney, by Alice, da. of Henry Thoby Prinsep, of the Bengal Civil Service. [William Humble Eric Ward, sty/e(J Viscount Ednam, s. and h. ap., l>. 30 Jan. 1894, at Brown's Hotel, Dover Str., Piccadilly; ed. at Eton; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 1912. He served in the great European War, 19 14 — , as 2nd Lieut. loth Hussars, and was reported missing.] Family Estates. — These, in 1 883, consisted of 14,698 acres in co. Worces- ter, 4,730 in CO. Stafford (worth ^^68,460 a year), 4,472 in co. Merioneth, 568 in Salop, and 1,086 in co. Roxburgh. Total, 25,554 acres, worth ^123,176 a year. Principal Resilience. — Witley Court, near Stourport, CO. Worcester, an estate purchased in 1838 by Lord Ward for ;r900,ooo, being formerly the property of the family of Foley. It will be seen by reference to vol. vi, Appendix H, that, though Lord Dudley's acreage is not a quarter 'of that of most of the 28 noblemen therein given who possess 100,000 acres, his income is only exceeded by six (Buccleuch, Devonshire, Northumberland, Bute, Sutherland, and Fitz- william) of that number, which fact is attributable to the extensive coal- mines on his property. DUDLEY OF PENSHURST See " de L'Isle and Dudley of Penshurst, co. Kent," Barony {Sidney), cr. 1835. most kind and attentive host, he certainly was an autocrat in his own house respect- ing dress." (Lady Randolph Churchill). Sir Horace Rumbold describes him as "with all his well-known peculiarities, an extremely amiable, kind-hearted man," and in 1 85 I he was to Dr. John Brown "that idiotic encourager of art." G.E.C. and V.G. {') She was for many years a celebrated beauty and leader of fashion. As a girl she was painted by Millais as the centre figure in his "Apple Blossoms." V.G. (^) Three of his brothers also served :( I ) Robert Arthur Ward, Capt. special appoint- ment; (2) Cyril Augustus Ward, M.V.O., Commander R.N.V.R.; (3) Gerald Ernest FrancisWard,M.V.O., Lieut, ist Life Guards, reported missing Dec. 1914. Foralist of peers and sons of peers who served in this war, see vol. viii, Appendix F. V.G.