Peerage Record – 277

     Humble Ward was the son of Edward Ward, 7th Baron Dudley and Frances Brereton. He died, young and unmarried.

     Hon. William Ward was born on 5 January 1659/60.² He was the son of Edward Ward, 7th Baron Dudley and Frances Brereton.¹ He married Frances Dilke, daughter of William Dilke and Honor Ward.¹ He died circa 13 May 1692.¹ He was buried on 16 May 1692.¹

     Elizabeth Ward was born on 5 January 1659/60. She was the daughter of Edward Ward, 7th Baron Dudley and Frances Brereton.

     Hon. Ferdinardo Ward was the son of Edward Ward, 7th Baron Dudley and Frances Brereton.¹ He died in October 1717, unmarried.¹ He was buried on 2 November 1717.

     Hon. Catherine Ward was born circa 1663. She was the daughter of Edward Ward, 7th Baron Dudley and Frances Brereton. She married Hon. John Grey, son of Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford and Lady Anne Cecil, on 21 November 1683.¹
     Her married name became Grey.

     Lettice Ward was the daughter of Edward Ward, 7th Baron Dudley and Frances Brereton. She died, unmarried.

     Sir Nigel Edward Seely, 5th Bt. was born on 28 July 1923.² He was the son of Sir Victor Basil John Seely, 4th Bt. and Sybil Helen Gibbons.¹ He married, firstly, Loraine Lindley-Travis, daughter of Wilfred Lindley-Travis, on 8 July 1949.¹ He married, secondly, Trudi Pacter, daughter of Sydney Pacter, in 1984.¹ He died on 25 April 2019 at age 95.³
     He was educated at Stowe School, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England^G.¹ He succeeded as the 5th Baronet Seely, of Sherwood Lodge, Arnold, Nottinghamshire and Brooke House, Isle of Wight [U.K., 1896] on 10 May 1980.¹ He lived in 1999 at 3 Craven Hill Mews, London, England^G.¹

     Henry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford was born on 10 June 1685.¹ He was the son of Hon. John Grey and Hon. Catherine Ward.¹ He married Dorothy Wright, daughter of Sir Nathan Wright, on 6 July 1704.¹ He died on 16 November 1739 at age 54.¹
     He succeeded as the 3rd Earl of Stamford, co. Lincoln [E., 1628] on 31 January 1719/20.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Baron Grey, of Groby, co. Leicester [E., 1603] on 31 January 1719/20.¹

     John Ward was the son of Hon. William Ward and Frances Dilke.¹ He died circa 26 July 1696, young.¹ He was buried on 29 July 1696.¹

     William Ward, 10th Baron Dudley was born on 16 October 1685.² He was the son of Hon. William Ward and Frances Dilke.¹ He died on 20 May 1740 at age 54, unmarried.¹ He died intestate and his estate was administered on 1 July 1740.³
     He succeeded as the 5th Baron Ward of Birmingham, co. Warwick [E., 1644] on 6 September 1731.¹ He succeeded as the 10th Baon Dudley [E., 1440] on 6 September 1731.²
     The Barony of Dudley devolved on his nephew and heir, General Ferdinando Dudley Lea, while the Barony of Ward passed to his cousin and heir male John Ward, of Sedgeley Park (afterwards Viscount Dudley and Ward.)¹