Viscount Bangor

The title of Viscount Bangor was created on January 11, 1781 for Bernard Ward, 1st Baron of Bangor (1719-1781). Previously, he represented in the Irish House of Commons Down (1745-1770), Killillef (1761) and Bangor (1768). In 1770, the title of Baron Bangor was already created for him from Ward Castle in County Down ( Peerstvo of Ireland ).

His son, Nicholas Ward, 2nd Viscount Bangor (1750–1827), sat in the Irish House of Commons from Bangor (1771–1776) and was declared insane. He was succeeded by his younger brother, Edward Southwell Ward, 3rd Viscount Bangor (1790-1837). His eldest son, Edward Ward, 4th Viscount Bangor ( 1827 - 1881 ), sat in the House of Lords of Great Britain as an Irish peer-representative in 1855 - 1881 . His younger brother, Henry William Crosby Ward, 5th Viscount Bangor (1828–1911), was also an Irish peer-representative in the House of Lords ( 1886–1911 ). His son, Maxwell Richard Crosby Ward, 6th Viscount Bangor ( 1868 - 1950 ), served in the House of Lords as Irish Peer-Representative from 1913 to 1950 , and was also a Senator for Northern Ireland ( 1921 - 1950 ) and Speaker of the Northern Senate Ireland ( 1930 - 1950 ).

As of 2014 , the title holder was his grandson, William Maxwell, David Ward, 8th Viscount Bangor (born 1948), who succeeded his father in 1993 .

• Nicholas Ward (born 1630), son of Bernard Ward, great-grandfather of 1st Viscount Bangor, deputy of the Irish House of Commons from Downpatrick (1661-1666)
• Michael Ward (1683-1759), Member of the Irish House of Commons from Down County (1713-1727) and Bangor (1715-1716, 1727), son of Bernard Ward (1654-1690), father of 1st Viscount Bangor
• Robert Ward (c. 1610-1691), the uncle of Nicholas Ward, received the title of Baronet in 1682
• The Honorable Edward Ward (1753-1812), Member of the Irish House of Commons from Bangor (1776-1783) and County Down (1783-1790), second son of the 1st Viscount Bangor
• Edward Wolstenholm Ward (1823–1890), major general , member of the New South Wales Legislative Council , eldest son of the Honorable John Petty Ward (1791–1869), younger brother of the 3rd Viscount Bangor
• Actress Lalla Ward (born 1951), daughter of the 7th Viscount Bangor and wife of Professor Richard Dawkins .

Ancestral residence - Ward Castle in the vicinity of Strangford in County Down ( Northern Ireland ).

• 1781-1781: Bernard Ward, 1st Viscount Bangor (August 18, 1719 - May 20, 1781), son of Irish politician Michael Ward (1683-1759)
• 1781-1827: Nicholas Ward, 2nd Viscount Bangor (December 5, 1750 - September 11, 1827), the eldest son of the previous
• 1827-1837: Edward Southwell Ward, 3rd Viscount Bangor (March 1790 - August 1, 1837), eldest son of the Honorable Edward Ward (1753-1812), grandson of 1st Viscount Bangor
• 1837-1881: Edward Ward, 4th Viscount Bangor (February 23, 1827 - September 14, 1881), the eldest son of the previous
• 1881-1911: Henry William Ward Crosby, 5th Viscount Bangor (July 26, 1828 - February 23, 1911), younger brother of the previous
• 1911-1950: Maxwell Richard Crosby Ward, 6th Viscount Bangor (May 4, 1868 - November 17, 1950), the third (youngest) son of the previous
• 1950-1993: Edward Henry Harold Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor (November 5, 1905 - May 8, 1993), the only son of the previous
• 1993 - present: William Maxwell David Ward, 8th Viscount Bangor (born September 8, 1948), the only son of a previous third marriage
  • Heir: the Honorable Edward Nicholas Ward (born February 1953), the only son of the 7th Viscount Bangor from his fourth marriage, the half-brother of the previous one.

• Baronets Ward

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