Lambert Ward

Sir Albert Lambert Ward, 1st Baronet, CVO, DSO, TD (7 November 1875 – 21 October 1956) was a volunteer soldier in the Territorial Army and a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Ward was an officer of the Honourable Artillery Company, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1902.^[1] He was promoted to lieutenant in 1904.^[2] He was still a lieutenant at the formation of the Territorial Army in 1908,^[3] and was promoted to captain in 1913.^[4] He fought in World War I, soon being promoted to temporary Major^[5] and ultimately rising to the (substantive) rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.^[6][7] In 1916 he commanded the Howe Battalion of the Royal Naval Division.^[8] After the war he continued as an officer, initially reverting to the rank of major. He was awarded the Territorial Decoration TD in 1919.^[9] He was re-promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1924 (re-gaining his former seniority),^[10] commanding the unit for a period up to 1928.^[11] He was given a brevet (military) promotion to Colonel in 1927.^[12] In 1931 he was made Honorary Colonel of the 50th (Northumbrian) Divisional Train in the Royal Army Service Corps.^[13]

He was elected at the 1918 general election Member of Parliament (MP) for Hull North West,^[14] and held the seat until his defeat in the Labour Party landslide at the 1945 election.^{[15][16][17][18][19][20]} He served under Ramsay Macdonald as a Lord of the Treasury from 1931 to 1935^[21][22] and as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in 1935,^[23] under Stanley Baldwin as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in 1935 and as Comptroller of the Household from 1935 to 1937^[24][25][26] and under Neville Chamberlain as Treasurer of the Household in 1937.^[27]

Ward was made a Baronet, of Blyth in the County of Northumberland, in the 1929 King's Birthday Honours.^[28][29] He was made a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1937.^[30] In 1946 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of London.^[31]

Family

He was the son of Albert Bird Ward (1840-?) and Louisa Emma née Lambert (1845-?), his sister Louisa Isabel Ward (1872-1969) married John Edward Thornycroft. In 1920 he married Constance Vivian née Tidmas (1890-1976). Their daughter Diana Josephine Lambert Ward (1921-2004), Lady Spearman, was the second wife of Sir Alexander Cadwallader Mainwaring Spearman.

Footnotes

1. The London Gazette: no. 27425. p. 2508. 15 April 1902. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
2. The London Gazette: no. 27648. p. 1093. 19 February 1904. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
3. The London Gazette: no. 28186. p. 7480. 16 October 1908. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
4. The London Gazette: no. 28693. p. 1450. 25 February 1913. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
5. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29120. p. 3423. 6 April 1915. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
6. The London Gazette: no. 29804. p. 10431. 27 October 1916. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
7. The London Gazette: no. 30008. p. 3216. 3 April 1917. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
8. The London Gazette: no. 29772. p. 9557. 3 October 1916. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
9. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31511. pp. 10550–10552. 19 August 1919. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
10. The London Gazette: no. 32921. p. 2533. 25 March 1924. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
11. The London Gazette: no. 33351. p. 605. 27 January 1928. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
12. The London Gazette: no. 33344. p. 46. 3 January 1928. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
13. The London Gazette: no. 33739. p. 4943. 28 July 1931. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
14. The London Gazette: no. 31147. pp. 1355–1359. 28 January 1919. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
15. The London Gazette: no. 32775. p. 8706. 8 December 1922. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
16. The London Gazette: no. 32897. p. 362. 11 January 1924. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
17. The London Gazette: no. 32996. p. 8528. 25 November 1924. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
18. The London Gazette: no. 33508. p. 4110. 21 June 1929. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
19. The London Gazette: no. 33769. p. 7140. 6 November 1931. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
20. The London Gazette: no. 34223. p. 7500. 26 November 1935. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
21. The London Gazette: no. 33871. p. 6326. 7 October 1932. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
22. The London Gazette: no. 34155. p. 2821. 30 April 1935. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
23. The London Gazette: no. 34158. p. 2978. 7 May 1935. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
24. The London Gazette: no. 34230. p. 7948. 10 December 1935. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
25. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 34306. p. 4663. 20 July 1936. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
26. The London Gazette: no. 34376. p. 1405. 2 March 1937. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
27. The London Gazette: no. 34404. p. 3578. 4 June 1937. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
28. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 33501. p. 3666. 31 May 1929. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
29. The London Gazette: no. 33516. p. 4622. 12 July 1929. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
30. The London Gazette: no. 34420. p. 4733. 23 July 1937. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
31. The London Gazette: no. 37449. p. 724. 29 January 1946. Retrieved 2007-12-17.

References

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs