The title of Earl of Dudley has been created twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, both times for members of the Ward family. It was created first in 1827 for John William Ward, 4th Viscount Dudley and Ward, then Foreign Secretary. He died childless in 1833, but the title was recreated in 1860 for a distant cousin.

The Earl bears the subsidiary titles of Viscount Ednam, of Ednam in the County of Roxburgh (1860), in the Peerage of the UK and Baron Ward, of Birmingham in the County of Warwick (1644), in the Peerage of England.

Contents

1 Barons Ward (1644) 2 Viscounts Dudley and Ward (1763) 3 Earls of Dudley, First Creation (1827) 4 Barons Ward (continued) 5 Earls of Dudley, Second Creation (1860)

Barons Ward (1644)

• Humble Ward, 1st Baron Ward (1614-1670)
• Edward Ward, 7th Baron Dudley, 2nd Baron Ward (1631-1701)
• Edward Ward, 8th Baron Dudley, 3rd Baron Ward (1683-1704)
• Edward Ward, 9th Baron Dudley, 4th Baron Ward (1704-1731)
• William Ward, 10th Baron Dudley, 5th Baron Ward (1680-1740)
• John Ward, 6th Baron Ward (1700-1774) (became Viscount Dudley and Ward in 1763)

Viscounts Dudley and Ward (1763)

• John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward (1700-1774)
• John Ward, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward (1725-1788)
• William Ward, 3rd Viscount Dudley and Ward (1750-1823)
• John William Ward, 4th Viscount Dudley and Ward (1781-1833) (became Earl of Dudley in 1827)

Earls of Dudley, First Creation (1827)

• John William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley (1781-1833)

Barons Ward (continued)

• William Humble Ward, 10th Baron Ward (1781-1835)
• William Ward, 11th Baron Ward (1817-1885) (became Earl of Dudley in 1860)

Earls of Dudley, Second Creation (1860)

• William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley (1817-1885)
• William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley (1867-1932)
• William Humble Eric Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley (1894-1969)
• William Humble Davis Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley (b. 1920)

his son and heir: William Humble David Jeremy Ward, Viscount Ednam (b. March 27 1947)