Sir Henry George Ward (1797-1860)
The son of the novelist R. P. Ward; after education at Harrow he pursued a diplomatic
career and was minister to Mexico (1823-24, 1825-27), a liberal MP for St. Albans (1832-37)
and Sheffield (1837-39) and was governor of the Ionian Islands (1849-55), Ceylon (1855-60)
and Madras (1860).
The son of the novelist R. P. Ward; after education at Harrow he pursued a diplomatic
career and was minister to Mexico (1823-24, 1825-27), a liberal MP for St. Albans (1832-37)
and Sheffield (1837-39) and was governor of the Ionian Islands (1849-55), Ceylon (1855-60)
and Madras (1860).