William Humble Eric Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley, MC TD (30 January 1894 – 26 December 1969), known as Viscount Ednam until 1932, was a British Conservative Party politician.
Lord Dudley was the eldest son of William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, and his wife Rachel Gurney. George Ward, 1st Viscount Ward of Witley, was his younger brother. He was educated at Eton.
Dudley married firstly Lady Rosemary Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1893–1930), only surviving daughter of Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland, on 8 March 1919. She died in a plane crash in 1930, aged 36; she was survived by two of her three sons.
He married secondly Viscountess (Frances) Laura Long née Charteris (1915–1990), daughter of the Hon. Guy Lawrence Charteris and former wife of Walter Long, 2nd Viscount Long, on 25 February 1943. The marriage was childless and they were divorced in 1954. Laura went on to marry John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough shortly before his death, and died in 1990.
Dudley married thirdly Grace Maria Radziwill née Kolin (1923–2016), daughter of Dr Michael Kolin and Anna Tironi and former wife of Prince Stanislaus Radziwill, in 1961. This marriage was also childless.
He is said to have fathered a daughter in 1923 with the aristocrat and socialite Venetia Stanley, although the legal father was her husband Edwin Samuel Montagu. This child grew up to befriend Princess Margaret during World War II and marry the American photographer Milton Gendel, with whom she created an artistic salon in Italy.
Mandy Rice-Davies claimed that the Earl was one of the customers at Murray's Cabaret Club, where she worked as a showgirl, and that he proposed to her when she was seventeen. "I could have been a dowager duchess by the time I was 22." she said.
Dudley died in December 1969, aged 75, and was succeeded by his eldest son William. His second son the Honourable John Jeremy Ward, born on 7 May 1922, died a child on 9 December 1929. His third but younger surviving son the Honourable Peter Alistair Ward (8 Feb 1926 – 24 March 2008) married firstly on 21 November 1956 and divorced Claire Leonora Baring (b. 29 February 1936), paternal granddaughter of Guy Baring. They had several children including the actress and environmentalist Tracy Louise Ward and actress Rachel Ward
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William Humble Eric Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley, MC, TD
AKA: 'Viscount Ednam' before III Earl Dudley
b. January 30, 1894 St. George Hanover Square RD, London, Middlesex, England
d. December 26, 1969 (75) Paris, France
Son of William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley & Rachel Anne Ward, Countess of Dudley
Husband of xx and Rosemary Millicent Ward
Ex-husband of Frances Laura Spencer-Churchill (Charteris), Duchess of Marlborough
Father of William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley; Hon. John Jeremy Ward and Hon. Peter Alistair Ward
Brother of Lady Gladys Honor Bridgeman; Lady Morvyth Benson (Ward); Lt.-Col. the Hon. Roderick John Ward; Lady (Alexandra) Patricia Ward; George Ward, 1st Viscount Ward of Witley; Gp Capt. the Hon. Edward Frederick Ward and Morvyth Lillian Benson
Occupation: Politician; WW1 10th Hussars; 1915 Lieutenant
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dudley-second-earl-of-6023
Lord Dudley was the eldest son of William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, and his wife Rachel Gurney. George Ward, 1st Viscount Ward of Witley, was his younger brother. He was educated at Eton.
Dudley married firstly Lady Rosemary Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1893–1930), only surviving daughter of Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland, on 8 March 1919. She died in a plane crash in 1930, aged 36; she was survived by two of her three sons.
He married secondly Viscountess (Frances) Laura Long née Charteris (1915–1990), daughter of the Hon. Guy Lawrence Charteris and former wife of Walter Long, 2nd Viscount Long, on 25 February 1943. The marriage was childless and they were divorced in 1954. Laura went on to marry John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough shortly before his death, and died in 1990.
Dudley married thirdly Grace Maria Radziwill née Kolin (1923–2016), daughter of Dr Michael Kolin and Anna Tironi and former wife of Prince Stanislaus Radziwill, in 1961. This marriage was also childless.
He is said to have fathered a daughter in 1923 with the aristocrat and socialite Venetia Stanley, although the legal father was her husband Edwin Samuel Montagu. This child grew up to befriend Princess Margaret during World War II and marry the American photographer Milton Gendel, with whom she created an artistic salon in Italy.
Mandy Rice-Davies claimed that the Earl was one of the customers at Murray's Cabaret Club, where she worked as a showgirl, and that he proposed to her when she was seventeen. "I could have been a dowager duchess by the time I was 22." she said.
Dudley died in December 1969, aged 75, and was succeeded by his eldest son William. His second son the Honourable John Jeremy Ward, born on 7 May 1922, died a child on 9 December 1929. His third but younger surviving son the Honourable Peter Alistair Ward (8 Feb 1926 – 24 March 2008) married firstly on 21 November 1956 and divorced Claire Leonora Baring (b. 29 February 1936), paternal granddaughter of Guy Baring. They had several children including the actress and environmentalist Tracy Louise Ward and actress Rachel Ward
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William Humble Eric Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley, MC, TD
AKA: 'Viscount Ednam' before III Earl Dudley
b. January 30, 1894 St. George Hanover Square RD, London, Middlesex, England
d. December 26, 1969 (75) Paris, France
Son of William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley & Rachel Anne Ward, Countess of Dudley
Husband of xx and Rosemary Millicent Ward
Ex-husband of Frances Laura Spencer-Churchill (Charteris), Duchess of Marlborough
Father of William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley; Hon. John Jeremy Ward and Hon. Peter Alistair Ward
Brother of Lady Gladys Honor Bridgeman; Lady Morvyth Benson (Ward); Lt.-Col. the Hon. Roderick John Ward; Lady (Alexandra) Patricia Ward; George Ward, 1st Viscount Ward of Witley; Gp Capt. the Hon. Edward Frederick Ward and Morvyth Lillian Benson
Occupation: Politician; WW1 10th Hussars; 1915 Lieutenant
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dudley-second-earl-of-6023
William Humble Eric Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley, MC TD (30 January 1894 – 26 December 1969), known as Viscount Ednam until 1932, was a British Conservative Party politician.
Lord Dudley was the eldest son of William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, and his wife Rachel Gurney. George Ward, 1st Viscount Ward of Witley, was his younger brother. He was educated at Eton.
Dudley married firstly Lady Rosemary Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1893–1930), only surviving daughter of Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland, on 8 March 1919. She died in a plane crash in 1930, aged 36; she was survived by two of her three sons.
He married secondly Viscountess (Frances) Laura Long née Charteris (1915–1990), daughter of the Hon. Guy Lawrence Charteris and former wife of Walter Long, 2nd Viscount Long, on 25 February 1943. The marriage was childless and they were divorced in 1954. Laura went on to marry John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough shortly before his death, and died in 1990.
Dudley married thirdly Grace Maria Radziwill née Kolin (1923–2016), daughter of Dr Michael Kolin and Anna Tironi and former wife of Prince Stanislaus Radziwill, in 1961. This marriage was also childless.
He is said to have fathered a daughter in 1923 with the aristocrat and socialite Venetia Stanley, although the legal father was her husband Edwin Samuel Montagu. This child grew up to befriend Princess Margaret during World War II and marry the American photographer Milton Gendel, with whom she created an artistic salon in Italy.
Mandy Rice-Davies claimed that the Earl was one of the customers at Murray's Cabaret Club, where she worked as a showgirl, and that he proposed to her when she was seventeen. "I could have been a dowager duchess by the time I was 22." she said.
Dudley died in December 1969, aged 75, and was succeeded by his eldest son William. His second son the Honourable John Jeremy Ward, born on 7 May 1922, died a child on 9 December 1929. His third but younger surviving son the Honourable Peter Alistair Ward (8 Feb 1926 – 24 March 2008) married firstly on 21 November 1956 and divorced Claire Leonora Baring (b. 29 February 1936), paternal granddaughter of Guy Baring. They had several children including the actress and environmentalist Tracy Louise Ward and actress Rachel Ward
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William Humble Eric Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley, MC, TD
AKA: 'Viscount Ednam' before III Earl Dudley
b. January 30, 1894 St. George Hanover Square RD, London, Middlesex, England
d. December 26, 1969 (75) Paris, France
Son of William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley & Rachel Anne Ward, Countess of Dudley
Husband of xx and Rosemary Millicent Ward
Ex-husband of Frances Laura Spencer-Churchill (Charteris), Duchess of Marlborough
Father of William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley; Hon. John Jeremy Ward and Hon. Peter Alistair Ward
Brother of Lady Gladys Honor Bridgeman; Lady Morvyth Benson (Ward); Lt.-Col. the Hon. Roderick John Ward; Lady (Alexandra) Patricia Ward; George Ward, 1st Viscount Ward of Witley; Gp Capt. the Hon. Edward Frederick Ward and Morvyth Lillian Benson
Occupation: Politician; WW1 10th Hussars; 1915 Lieutenant
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dudley-second-earl-of-6023
Lord Dudley was the eldest son of William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, and his wife Rachel Gurney. George Ward, 1st Viscount Ward of Witley, was his younger brother. He was educated at Eton.
Dudley married firstly Lady Rosemary Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1893–1930), only surviving daughter of Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland, on 8 March 1919. She died in a plane crash in 1930, aged 36; she was survived by two of her three sons.
He married secondly Viscountess (Frances) Laura Long née Charteris (1915–1990), daughter of the Hon. Guy Lawrence Charteris and former wife of Walter Long, 2nd Viscount Long, on 25 February 1943. The marriage was childless and they were divorced in 1954. Laura went on to marry John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough shortly before his death, and died in 1990.
Dudley married thirdly Grace Maria Radziwill née Kolin (1923–2016), daughter of Dr Michael Kolin and Anna Tironi and former wife of Prince Stanislaus Radziwill, in 1961. This marriage was also childless.
He is said to have fathered a daughter in 1923 with the aristocrat and socialite Venetia Stanley, although the legal father was her husband Edwin Samuel Montagu. This child grew up to befriend Princess Margaret during World War II and marry the American photographer Milton Gendel, with whom she created an artistic salon in Italy.
Mandy Rice-Davies claimed that the Earl was one of the customers at Murray's Cabaret Club, where she worked as a showgirl, and that he proposed to her when she was seventeen. "I could have been a dowager duchess by the time I was 22." she said.
Dudley died in December 1969, aged 75, and was succeeded by his eldest son William. His second son the Honourable John Jeremy Ward, born on 7 May 1922, died a child on 9 December 1929. His third but younger surviving son the Honourable Peter Alistair Ward (8 Feb 1926 – 24 March 2008) married firstly on 21 November 1956 and divorced Claire Leonora Baring (b. 29 February 1936), paternal granddaughter of Guy Baring. They had several children including the actress and environmentalist Tracy Louise Ward and actress Rachel Ward
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William Humble Eric Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley, MC, TD
AKA: 'Viscount Ednam' before III Earl Dudley
b. January 30, 1894 St. George Hanover Square RD, London, Middlesex, England
d. December 26, 1969 (75) Paris, France
Son of William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley & Rachel Anne Ward, Countess of Dudley
Husband of xx and Rosemary Millicent Ward
Ex-husband of Frances Laura Spencer-Churchill (Charteris), Duchess of Marlborough
Father of William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley; Hon. John Jeremy Ward and Hon. Peter Alistair Ward
Brother of Lady Gladys Honor Bridgeman; Lady Morvyth Benson (Ward); Lt.-Col. the Hon. Roderick John Ward; Lady (Alexandra) Patricia Ward; George Ward, 1st Viscount Ward of Witley; Gp Capt. the Hon. Edward Frederick Ward and Morvyth Lillian Benson
Occupation: Politician; WW1 10th Hussars; 1915 Lieutenant
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dudley-second-earl-of-6023
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