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WARD, Sir Henry George, English diplomatist, born in England about 1796; died in Madras, India, 2 August, 1860. He was a son of Robert Plumer Ward, juristic writer and novelist, and entered the diplomatic service in 1816. He was charge d'affaires in Mexico and travelled extensively in that country in 1825-'7, sat in parliament from 1832 till 1849, was afterward high commissioner to the Ionian islands, and governor of Ceylon, whence he was transferred to Madras, dying of cholera a few days after his arrival. He was the author of "Mexico in 1827" (2 vols., London, 1828), which was enlarged and reissued under the title of "Travels in Mexico" (1829).--His wife, Emily Elizabeth, born in England about 1805, was a daughter of Admiral Sir John Edward Swinburne, and married Sir Henry Ward in 1824. She drew the illustrations for her husband's work on Mexico, and published also "Views of 'gowns in Mexico" (2 vols., London, 1829).
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