Thom's Irish Who's Who/Blacker, Lieut.-Col. Stuart Wm. Ward

BLACKER, Lieut.-Col. Stuart Wm. Ward, D.L., D.S.O., J.P. for Co. Armagh; b. July 4th, 1865; son of late Canon R. S. C. Blacker, of Woodbrush and Carrickblacker; m. 1903, Eva Lucy Mary St. John, eldest dau. of late Col. E. A. FitzRoy, of Hale Place, Surrey, 3 sons, 2 daus. Educ.: Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Joined Royal Artillery, 1885; Capt., 1895; Major, 1900. Served N. W. Frontier, 1897: severely wounded at action of Shab Kadr, despatches; S. African War, 1899-1900, as Adjt. R.A., 3rd Div. Retired, 1905. Raised and commanded for three years 9th Royal Irish Fusiliers (Co. Armagh) Ulster Dvn. B.E.F., afterwards commanded for one year 20th Res. Batt. 20th R.I Rifles: despatches thrice; D.S.O.; Bt.-Lt.-Col.; Officer of Legion of Honour; won R.A. Gold Cup on Mr. Powell's Rocket, 1892, at Aldershot, and R.A. Light-weight Steeplechase with his own mare, Enniscorthy, 1893; was in final of Kadir Pigsticking Cup at Meerut, India, 1896. Res.: Carrickblacker, Co. Armagh. Tel.: Portadown, 89.