Viscount Bangor

Viscount Bangor, of Castle Ward in the County Down, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1781 for Bernard Ward, who had previously represented County Down in the Irish House of Commons. He had already been created Baron Bangor, of Castle Ward in the County of Ward, in 1770, also in the Peerage of Ireland. His son, the second Viscount, sat as a member of the Irish Parliament for Bangor. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Viscount. His eldest son, the fourth Viscount, sat in the House of Lords as an Irish Representative Peer from 1855 to 1881. His younger brother, the fifth Viscount, was an Irish Representative Peer from 1886 to 1911. His son, the sixth Viscount, was an Irish Representative Peer between 1913 and 1950 and also sat in the Senate of Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1950 and served as its Speaker from 1930 to 1950. As of 2006 the titles are held by his grandson, the eighth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1993.

The ancestral seat of the Ward family is Castle Ward in the County of Down.

The titles of the peerages refers to the town of Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland.

The actress Lalla Ward ('The Honourable Sarah Ward') is the daughter of the 7th Viscount.

Viscounts Bangor (1781)

*Bernard Ward, 1st Viscount Bangor (1719-1781)
*Nicholas Ward, 2nd Viscount Bangor (1750-1827)
*Edward Southwell Ward, 3rd Viscount Bangor (1790-1837)
*Edward Ward, 4th Viscount Bangor (1827-1881)
*Henry Ward, 5th Viscount Bangor (1828-1911)
*Maxwell Ward, 6th Viscount Bangor (1868-1950)
*Edward Henry Harold Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor (1905-1993)
*William Maxwell David Ward, 8th Viscount Bangor (b. 1948)

The Heir Presumptive is the present holder's half-brother, Edward Nicholas Ward (b. 1953)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]