William Humble David Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley 1920-2013

[Michael Rhodes]

_. The Earl of Dudley (4th Earl in the Peerage of the UK, created 1860), died 16 November, 2013. He was 93.

William Humble David Ward was born 5 January, 1920, son of the 5th Earl of Dudley, by his first wife, Lady Rosemary Leveson-Gower, daughter of the 4th Duke of Sutherland. The Prince of Wales (afterwards King Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor) stood sponsor at his christening. His mother, who died as the result of an accident in 1930, had been widely suggested as a bride for the Prince.

He married firstly, 10 June, 1946 (div 1961) Stella Carcano, daughter of the Argentine Ambassador to the Court of St James, Don Miguel Carcano, KCMG, KBE, by whom he had issue, one son, David, and two daughters, Rosemary and Anne-Marie; he married secondly, 24 Aug, 1961, the Rank starlet, Maureen Swanson (who died in Nov 2011), by whom he had a further 2 sons, William (deceased) and the Hon Leander Ward, born  30 Oct, 1971, and five daughters, Susanna, Melissa, Victoria, Amelia and Cressida.

He succeeded his father as 4th Earl of Dudley, 26 Dec, 1969.

The family honours now pass to the son from his first marriage, (William Humble) David Jeremy Ward, styled Viscount Ednam, who was born 27 March, 1947. The 5th Earl is the father of an only child, a daughter, Lady Bethany Rowena Ward, who was born in 1977.

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[marquess]

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Seems to be a lack of obituaries for the recently deceased peers?

[Michael Rhodes]

I expect the Telegraph will do the Earl of Dudley.

[Michael Rhodes]

Eeek.....   son of the 3rd Earl of Dudley

[Michael Rhodes]

The Hon Leander Grenville Dudley Ward (born 1971), half-brother of the 5th Earl is the heir presumptive to the earldom. He married in 2011, Laura Juliet Sevier (b 1979), daughter of the late Mr Roy Sevier by his former wife the former Patricia Margaret Sanderson (who married 2ndly, 1993, Sir Peter Walker-Okeover, 4th Baronet 1947-2003). The Hon Leander and Mrs Dudley have a daughter, Leyla, who was born in Oct 2012.

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[Michael Rhodes]

The 4th Earl of Dudley was a former ADC to Lord Wavell who married an actress and once satirised Princess Michael in verse:-

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10476161/The-Earl-of-Dudley-Obituary.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[marquess]

Interesting, I wonder what happened to the landed estates, 30,000 acres and no sudden deaths? On another note the heir presumptive to the new earl will be the first earl not to be named William Humble, as all the previous earls including the current one have been so called. 

On Tuesday, November 26, 2013 12:32:38 PM UTC+7, Michael Rhodes wrote: