Sir Lambert Ward, 1st Baronet

Sir Lambert Ward, 1st Baronet

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. [LondonGazette|issue=27425|startpage=2508|date=15 April 1902|accessdate=2007-12-17] He was promoted to lieutenant in 1904. [LondonGazette|issue=27648|startpage=1093|date=19 February 1904|accessdate=2007-12-17] He was still a lieutenant at the formation of the Territorial Army in 1908, [LondonGazette|issue=28186|startpage=7480|date=16 October 1908|accessdate=2007-12-17] and was promoted to captain in 1913. [LondonGazette|issue=28693|startpage=1450|date=25 February 1913|accessdate=2007-12-17] He fought in World War I, soon being promoted to temporary Major [LondonGazette|issue=29120|supp=yes|startpage=3423|date=6 April 1915|accessdate=2007-12-17] and ultimately rising to the (substantive) rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. [LondonGazette|issue=29804|startpage=10431|date=27 October 1916|accessdate=2007-12-17] [LondonGazette|issue=30008|startpage=3216|date=3 April 1917|accessdate=2007-12-17] In 1916 he commanded the Howe Battalion of the Royal Naval Division. [LondonGazette|issue=29772|startpage=9557|date=3 October 1916|accessdate=2007-12-17] After the war he continued as an officer, initially reverting to the rank of major. He was awarded the Territorial Decoration TD in 1919. [LondonGazette|issue=31511|supp=yes|startpage=10550|endpage=10552|date=19 August 1919|accessdate=2007-12-17] He was re-promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1924 (re-gaining his former seniority), [LondonGazette|issue=32921|startpage=2533|date=25 March 1924|accessdate=2007-12-17] commanding the unit for a period up to 1928. [LondonGazette|issue=33351|startpage=605|date=27 January 1928|accessdate=2007-12-17] He was given a brevet (military) promotion to Colonel in 1927. [LondonGazette|issue=33344|startpage=46|date=3 January 1928|accessdate=2007-12-17] In 1931 he was made Honorary Colonel of the 50th (Northumbrian) Divisional Train in the Royal Army Service Corps. [LondonGazette|issue=33739|startpage=4943|date=28 July 1931|accessdate=2007-12-17]

He was elected at the 1918 general election Member of Parliament (MP) for Hull North West, [LondonGazette|issue=31147|startpage=1355|endpage=1359|date=28 January 1919|accessdate=2007-12-17] and held the seat until his defeat in the Labour Party landslide at the 1945 election. [LondonGazette|issue=32775|startpage=8706|date=8 December 1922|accessdate=2007-12-17] [LondonGazette|issue=32897|startpage=362|date=11 January 1924|accessdate=2007-12-17] [LondonGazette|issue=32996|startpage=8528|date=25 November 1924|accessdate=2007-12-17] [LondonGazette|issue=33508|startpage=4110|date=21 June 1929|accessdate=2007-12-17] [LondonGazette|issue=33769|startpage=7140|date=6 November 1931|accessdate=2007-12-17] [LondonGazette|issue=34223|startpage=7500|date=26 November 1935|accessdate=2007-12-17] He served under Ramsay Macdonald as a Lord of the Treasury from 1931 to 1935 [LondonGazette|issue=33871|startpage=6326|date=7 October 1932|accessdate=2007-12-17] [LondonGazette|issue=34155|startpage=2821|date=30 April 1935|accessdate=2007-12-17] and as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in 1935, [LondonGazette|issue=34158|startpage=2978|date=7 May 1935|accessdate=2007-12-17] under Stanley Baldwin as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in 1935 and as Comptroller of the Household from 1935 to 1937 [LondonGazette|issue=34230|startpage=7948|date=10 December 1935|accessdate=2007-12-17] [LondonGazette|issue=34306|supp=yes|startpage=4663|date=20 July 1936|accessdate=2007-12-17] [LondonGazette|issue=34376|startpage=1405|date=2 March 1937|accessdate=2007-12-17] and under Neville Chamberlain as Treasurer of the Household in 1937. [LondonGazette|issue=34404|startpage=3578|date=4 June 1937|accessdate=2007-12-17]

Ward was made a Baronet, of Blyth in the County of Northumberland, in the 1929 King's Birthday Honours. [LondonGazette|issue=33501|supp=yes|startpage=3666|date=31 May 1929|accessdate=2007-12-17] [LondonGazette|issue=33516|startpage=4622|date=12 July 1929|accessdate=2007-12-17] He was made a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1937. [LondonGazette|issue=34420|startpage=4733|date=23 July 1937|accessdate=2007-12-17] In 1946 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of London. [LondonGazette|issue=37449|startpage=724|date=29 January 1946|accessdate=2007-12-17]

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