William Ward, 3rd Viscount Dudley and Ward

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William Ward, 3rd Viscount Dudley and Ward (21 January 1750 – 25 April 1823) was a British peer and politician.

Ward was the son of John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward, by his second wife Mary (née Carver). He was elected to the House of Commons for Worcester City in 1780, a seat he held until 1788, when he succeeded his half-brother in the viscountcy and entered the House of Lords. He married Julia, daughter of Godfrey Bosvile, in 1780. Ward died in April 1823, aged 73, and was succeeded by his son John, who served as Foreign Secretary and was created Earl of Dudley in 1827.

He succeeded to the title of 3rd Viscount Dudley and Ward of Dudley, co. Worcester [G.B., 1763] on 10 October 1788.

He succeeded to the title of 8th Baron Ward of Birmingham, co. Warwick [E., 1644] on 10 October 1788.