Very Rev. John Giffard Ward (29 July 1779 – 27 February 1860) was an Anglican priest who was Dean of Lincoln from 1845 to 1860.[1][2]
He was born in Southampton, Hampshire,[3] the son of John Ward and Anne Marr. He was educated at New College, Oxford and was created a Fellow there in 1813.[4] He had previously held incumbencies in Chelmsford and St James's Church, Piccadilly.[5]
He married Amelia Catherine Lloyd in 1816 in Southampton.[6] They had twin daughters, Harriet Elinor and Amelia Elizabeth Ann, who were artists and unmarried; and four sons: John Francis Ward, a civil servant; Rev. George Andrew Ward, a Fellow of Christ Church College, Oxford; Francis Beckford Ward, who married Emily Louisa Gertrude Bridgeman, daughter of Charles Orlando Bridgeman; and Harry Leigh Douglas Ward, who was a writer on mediæval topics.[7]
He died in 1860 in Lincoln.[8]
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- ^ Page, William (1906). The Victoria History of the County of Lincoln. A. Constable, limited. p. 96. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ The Date Book for Lincoln and Neighbourhood, from the Earliest Time to the Present: Collected with Care, and from the Most Authentic Sources. R. E. Leary, sen. 1866. p. 384. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ 1861 England Census
- ^ Boase, Frederic (1901). Modern English Biography: Containing Many Thousand Concise Memiors of Persons who Have Died Since the Year 1850, with an Index of the Most Interesting Matter. Netherton and Worth, For the author. p. 1193. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ Lee, Sir Sidney (1927). Dictionary of National Biography: Second Supplement. Smith Elder & Company. p. 589. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ The Monthly Magazine. Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper. 1816. p. 574. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ Oxford, University of; Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886: Their Parentage, Birthplace, and Year of Birth, with a Record of Their Degrees: Sabin-Zouch. Parker and Company. pp. 1497–1498. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 29 February 1860; p. 9; issue 23555.