John Spencer Ward

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• Residence: 1871, Kensington, London
• Residence: 1891, Foots Cray, Kent; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1901, Kensington, London
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Aldenham, Hertfordshire
• Residence: 1939, Wilsons, Wallingford, Oxfordshire; 1939 Census England & Wales, John S Ward, Bank Clerk Retired

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of Long Wittenham, Abingdon, Berkshire, England (died at Acland Nursing Home, Banbury Rd., Oxford - widow: Ursula Katharine Ward - Pds 1769.11s.2d)

John married Beatrix Leyla Marjory Wentworth Dunbar on 2 Oct 1897 in Sidcup, Kent. Beatrix (daughter of Sir Charles Gordon Cumming Dunbar, 9th Bart. of Northfield and Edith Wentworth) was born on 27 Jul 1873 in Knightsbridge, London; died on 8 Jan 1919 in Little Wittenham Rectory, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Edith Marjorie Ward was born on 25 Sep 1898 in Kensington, London; died on 18 Oct 1968 in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.
2. John Dunbar Ward was born in Jan 1901 in Kensington, London; died on 21 Aug 1965 in Seaforth, Warringah, New South Wales, Australia.
3. Katherine Beatrix Ward was born on 25 Apr 1903; died on 24 Sep 1987 in Whitchurch On Thames, Oxfordshire.
4. Jean Frances Margaret Ward was born on 9 Jun 1906 in Bexley, Kent; died on 12 Jun 1999.
5. Mary Elizabeth Ward was born on 4 Dec 1908 in Bexley, Kent; died on 27 Dec 1995 in Wallingford, Berkshire.

John married Ursula Katherine Hopkyns in Dec 1923 in Wallingford, Berkshire. Ursula (daughter of Thomas Daniel Hopkyns and Katherine Mary Stenning) was born on 13 Oct 1880 in Chichester, Sussex; died on 4 Aug 1960 in Lammas Eyot, Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas Gray Spencer Ward was born in 1928 in Headington, Oxfordshire; died on 7 Nov 2019 in Nambucca Heads, New South Wales, Australia; was buried on 14 Nov 2019 in St John’s Anglican Church, Nambucca Heads, New South Wales, Australia.
2. Ursula Mary Ward died on 28 Jun 2016 in Lammas Cottage, High Street, Long Wittenham, Abingdon, OX14 4QQ.

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• Occupation: London; Clerk War Office
• Baptism: 13 Aug 1817, St Luke, London
• Residence: 1861, St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, London
• Residence: 1871, London
• Residence: 1881, London
• Residence: 1891, Foots Cray, Kent; Relation to Head of House: Head

John married Charlotte Elizabeth Baker in 1855 in Warwick, Warwickshire. Charlotte (daughter of Captain George Baker, RN and Elizabeth Octavia Harding) was born in 1831 in Leamington Hastings, Warwickshire; died on 7 Apr 1907 in Lincoln Dene, Sidcup, Kent; was buried on 10 Apr 1907 in St John the Evangelist, Sidcup, Kent. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 8 Apr 1831, All Saints, Warwickshire
• Residence: 1841, Warwickshire
• Residence: 1851, Paddington, London; Staying with her uncle and aunt Samuel and Sophia Steward and her younger nieces
• Residence: 1861, St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, London
• Residence: 1871, London
• Residence: 1881, London
• Residence: 1891, Foots Cray, Kent; Relation to Head of House: Wife

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• Occupation: Before 1825, Chelmsford, Essex; Rector of Chelmsford, Essex
• Occupation: 1825-1845, St James, Westminster, London; Rector of St James, Westminster
• Residence: 1851, St Mary Magdalene, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
• Occupation: 1845-1860, Lincoln, Lincolnshire; Dean of Lincoln Cathedral

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The Very Rev John Giffard Ward MA was Dean of Lincoln from 1845 to 1860. A Fellow of New College, Oxford, he had previously held incumbencies in Chelmsford and Westminster.

John married Amelia Catherine Lloyd on 29 May 1816 in St James Piccadilly, Westminster, London . Amelia (daughter of Captain Richard Bennett Lloyd and Joanna Leigh) was born in 1784 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA; died in 1867 in Kensington, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 9 Jun 1795, London
• Residence: 1841, Inner Temple, Middlesex; Commander Royal Navy

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GEORGE BAKER, born 3 May, 1795, in London, is third son of the late Sir Robt. Baker, of Montague Place, Russell Square, formerly Chief Magistrate of Bow Street, and Treasurer of the County of Middlesex, by Harriet, fourth daughter of Anthony Aufrere, Esq., of Hoveton Hall, co. Norfolk, and niece, maternally, of John Norris, Esq., of Wilton Place, in the same county, founder of the Norrisian Professorship at Cambridge. Commander Baker, who has two brothers in the Hon. E.I.C.'s army, is cousin of Hon. Capt. Wodehouse, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 23 Aug. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the AMAZON 38, Capt. Wm. Parker, with whom, until Feb. 1812, he was actively employed, the last two years as Midship-man, in blockading the French ports in the Bay of Biscay, and in co-operating with the patriots on the north coast of Spain. He was then transferred to the NORTHUMBERLAND 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Ho-tham, and, on 22 of the following May, assisted at the destruction, after a gallant engagement of some hours, in which the British sustained a loss of 5 men killed and 28 wounded, of the two French 44-gun frigates Arienne and Andromaque, and 18-gun brig Mameluke, under a galling fire from the batteries at the entrance of L'Orient. From Jan. 1813, until the receipt of his first commission, which bears date 7 March, 1815, Mr. Baker further served, chiefly as Master's Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, on board the PEMBROKE 74, Cart. Jas. Brisbane, VILLE DE PARIS 110, flag-ship of Sir Harry Neale, SAL-VADOR DEL MUNDO first-rate, Capt. Jas. Nash, VENGEUR 74, Capt. Tristram Robt. Ricketts, SUPERB 74, bearing the flag of Hon. H. Hotham, PACTOLUS 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer SUPERB again, and CYRUS 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll. He served during that period on the Home and North America stations, and was pre-sent in the SUPERB off the coast of France on the occasion of Buonaparte's surrender after the battle of Waterloo, to whom, in common with the other officers of the ship, when visited by the Emperor, he had the honour of being introduced. His next appointments were - 20 Nov. 1818, to the DAUNTLESS 20, Capt. Hon. Valentine Gardner - and, 11 May, 1820, as First Lieutenant, to the LEANDER 50, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, both on the East India station, whence he returned to Eng-land in July, 1822. He subsequently held a command in the Coast Guard from 6 July, 1836, to 5 July, 1839 ; and on 18 Dec. 1841, was appointed to the LILY 16, in which sloop he sailed for the Cape station, and had the good fortune, in March, 1843, while cruizing in the Mozambique Channel, to effect the destruction of a celebrated armed slaver, and the capture of two others. Since 2 Jan. 1844, the date of his being paid off, Capt. Baker has been on half-pay. His promotion to his present rank took place 9 Nov. 1846.

He married, 17 Jan. 1827, Elizabeth Octavia, fourth daughter of the late Wm. Harding, Esq., of Baraset House, co. Warwick, and has issue two sons and four daughters.

George married Elizabeth Octavia Harding on 17 Jan 1827 in Alveston, Warwickshire. Elizabeth (daughter of William Judd Harding and Harriet Sweetland) was born in 1798 in Alveston, Warwickshire; died on 11 May 1872 in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire; was buried on 16 May 1872 in All Saints, Warwickshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 9 Apr 1798, Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire
• Residence: 1841, Warwickshire

John married Anne Marr on 27 Jul 1753 in Stoke Upon Trent, Stafford. Anne was born on 29 Sep 1755; died on 15 Apr 1817. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Richard Bennett Lloyd, came from a wealthy family who owned tobacco plantations. He served as an English soldier in the Coldstream guards between 1773-1775. He resigned after his marriage and because of growing enmity between England and America. In 1773, the couple had their portraits painted in London. Richard was painted by the celebrated American artist Benjamin West.

Richard married Joanna Leigh on 27 Jul 1775 in Isle of Wight. Joanna (daughter of John Leigh and Amelia Turner) was born in 1752 in North Court, Isle of Wight; died on 19 Aug 1814 in England; was buried on 26 Aug 1814 in Southampton, Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Christening: 16 Nov 1758, Whippingham, Hampshire

Notes:

Joanna Leigh, later Lloyd, was the co-heiress, along with her four sisters, of the rich merchant John Leigh of Northcourt House, Isle of Wight. She married Richard Bennett Lloyd of Maryland in 1775.

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• Occupation: Bencher of Inner Temple, Chief Magistrate Bow Street
• Baptism: 8 Feb 1762, London

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Knt Bencher of the Inner Temple, Chairman of the Westminster Sessions, Chief Police Magistrate, Treasurer of County of Middlesex

Robert married Harriet Aufrere on 16 Dec 1788 in Camden, London. Harriet (daughter of Anthony Aufrere and Anna Norris) was born on 6 Dec 1765 in Hoveton House, Hoveton, Norfolk; died on 19 Sep 1846 in Reading, Berkshire; was buried on 25 Sep 1846 in Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensington, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1841, St George, Bloomsbury, Middlesex

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• Baptism: 22 Feb 1759, Tanworth, Warwickshire
• Burial: 26 Jan 1822, Hampton Lucy, Warwick

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William Judd Harding was the son of a yeoman of ancient family. Educated and sent to India by M.C.Judd. He was gentleman of the bedchamber to George III and called his house "Baraset" after the college in Calcutta where he trained.
He married Harriet Sweedland, the illegitimate daughter of Miss Plowden and the Earl of Craven. She took her nurses name (Sweedland). A great beauty at school in Bath.
She was drawn in pastels by Sir Thomas Lawrence.

William married Harriet Sweetland in Nov 1784 in India Office Ecclesiastical Returns-Bengal Presidency, Misc, India. Harriet was born in 1761 in Baraset, Warwickshire; died in Apr 1845 in Hampton Lucy, Warwick; was buried on 27 Jun 1845 in Hampton Lucy, Warwick. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The illegitimate daughter of Miss Plowden and the Earl of Craven. She took her nurses name (Sweedland). A great beauty at school in Bath. She was drawn in pastels by Sir Thomas Lawrence.