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==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
Ward was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 23 July, 1880, vice [[Arthur William Acland Hood, First Baron Hood|Hood]].<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/24869/pages/4211 no. 24869.  p. 4211.]  30 July, 1880.</ref>
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Ward was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 23 July, 1880, vice [[Arthur William Acland Hood, First Baron Hood|Hood]].{{Gaz|24869|4211|30 July, 1880}}
  
 
He was appointed Admiral Superintendent of [[Malta Dockyard]] on 25 March, 1885.{{NLSep85|p. 305}}
 
He was appointed Admiral Superintendent of [[Malta Dockyard]] on 25 March, 1885.{{NLSep85|p. 305}}
  
He was promoted to the rank of {{AdmRN}} dated 5 April, 1892, vice [[George Willes Watson|Watson]].<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26279/pages/2252 no. 26279.  p. 2252.]  15 April, 1892.</ref>
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He was promoted to the rank of {{AdmRN}} dated 5 April, 1892, vice [[George Willes Watson|Watson]].{{Gaz|26279|2252|15 April, 1892}}
  
In accordance with the provisions of the [[Order in Council of 22 February, 1870]], Ward was placed on the Retired List on 9 December, 1894.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26578/pages/7278 no. 26578.  p. 7278.]  11 December, 1894.</ref> He died at the Hotel Burlington, Boscombe, on 20 November, 1900, aged seventy.<ref>"Deaths" (Deaths).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 22 November, 1900.  Issue '''36306''', col A, p. 1.</ref>
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In accordance with the provisions of the [[Order in Council of 22 February, 1870]], Ward was placed on the Retired List on 9 December, 1894.{{Gaz|26578|7278|11 December, 1894}} He died at the Hotel Burlington, Boscombe, on 20 November, 1900, aged seventy.<ref>"Deaths" (Deaths).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 22 November, 1900.  Issue '''36306''', col A, p. 1.</ref>
  
 
==Service Records==
 
==Service Records==

Revision as of 22:20, 27 December 2020

Admiral THE HONOURABLE William John Ward, Royal Navy (9 December, 1829 – 20 November, 1900) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Ward was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 23 July, 1880, vice Hood.[1]

He was appointed Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard on 25 March, 1885.[2]

He was promoted to the rank of Admiral dated 5 April, 1892, vice Watson.[3]

In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 22 February, 1870, Ward was placed on the Retired List on 9 December, 1894.[4] He died at the Hotel Burlington, Boscombe, on 20 November, 1900, aged seventy.[5]

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Frederick A. Herbert
Captain of H.M.S. Cambridge
8 Aug, 1874[6]
Succeeded by
Thomas le Hunte Ward
Preceded by
William Graham
Admiral Superintendent, Malta Dockyard
25 Mar, 1885[7]
Succeeded by
Robert G. Douglas

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 24869. p. 4211. 30 July, 1880.
  2. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 305.
  3. The London Gazette: no. 26279. p. 2252. 15 April, 1892.
  4. The London Gazette: no. 26578. p. 7278. 11 December, 1894.
  5. "Deaths" (Deaths). The Times. Thursday, 22 November, 1900. Issue 36306, col A, p. 1.
  6. The Monthly Navy List. (June, 1875). p. 136.
  7. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 305.