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A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century

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A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century

Canada -- Biography

=Ward, Lt.-Col. Henry Alfred=, Judge of the United Counties of
Northumberland and Durham, is the son of George Charles Ward and Harriet
Amelia (Brent). His father was fifty-four years Registrar of the County
of Durham, and of East Durham, when the County was divided into two
ridings. He was born at Port Hope, Ont., on August 20, 1849, and
educated in the local schools of his native town; called to the Bar in
1871, and created a K.C. in 1908, he successfully practised his
profession in Port Hope for many years and was Mayor for a considerable
period. Judge Ward is a grandson of Thomas Ward, who came from England
as Secretary to Attorney-General White, in 1792, settled in Toronto, and
then went to Port Hope, where he afterwards became judge of the district
of Newcastle. The subject of this sketch was for a long period in the
Volunteer Military Service of Canada, joining the Port Hope Rifle
Company as a private in 1866; became Lieutenant in the 46th Regiment on
its formation in 1867, and from 1902 to 1909 was Lieut.-Colonel of the
same, and is now on the reserve of officers. Entered the House of
Commons as member for East Durham in August, 1885, as successor to the
late Lieut.-Colonel Arthur T. H. Williams, and represented that
constituency until 1891; he was again elected in 1900. In 1904 he
defeated the Hon. A. B. Aylesworth for the County of Durham, and retired
from political life in 1908. In 1916 he was elevated to the Bench, a
post for which his experience well qualified him. In referring to
Lieut.-Colonel Ward the “Montreal Standard” said of him: “A genial
gentleman, but with perhaps too fine a spirit to make a great success of
the rough and tumble game of politics.” He is a member of the Masonic
Order. In religion an Anglican, and a member of St. Mark’s Church of
Port Hope. He has always taken an interest in amateur sports and was
President of the Port Hope Baseball Club. Married July, 1895, Annie B.,
of Savannah, Ga., daughter of Major John C. Booth of the Confederate
Army, and is the father of two children, Marjorie Lesley and Madeline
Aylwin.

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A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century

Canada -- Biography

=Ward, Lt.-Col. Henry Alfred=, Judge of the United Counties of
Northumberland and Durham, is the son of George Charles Ward and Harriet
Amelia (Brent). His father was fifty-four years Registrar of the County
of Durham, and of East Durham, when the County was divided into two
ridings. He was born at Port Hope, Ont., on August 20, 1849, and
educated in the local schools of his native town; called to the Bar in
1871, and created a K.C. in 1908, he successfully practised his
profession in Port Hope for many years and was Mayor for a considerable
period. Judge Ward is a grandson of Thomas Ward, who came from England
as Secretary to Attorney-General White, in 1792, settled in Toronto, and
then went to Port Hope, where he afterwards became judge of the district
of Newcastle. The subject of this sketch was for a long period in the
Volunteer Military Service of Canada, joining the Port Hope Rifle
Company as a private in 1866; became Lieutenant in the 46th Regiment on
its formation in 1867, and from 1902 to 1909 was Lieut.-Colonel of the
same, and is now on the reserve of officers. Entered the House of
Commons as member for East Durham in August, 1885, as successor to the
late Lieut.-Colonel Arthur T. H. Williams, and represented that
constituency until 1891; he was again elected in 1900. In 1904 he
defeated the Hon. A. B. Aylesworth for the County of Durham, and retired
from political life in 1908. In 1916 he was elevated to the Bench, a
post for which his experience well qualified him. In referring to
Lieut.-Colonel Ward the “Montreal Standard” said of him: “A genial
gentleman, but with perhaps too fine a spirit to make a great success of
the rough and tumble game of politics.” He is a member of the Masonic
Order. In religion an Anglican, and a member of St. Mark’s Church of
Port Hope. He has always taken an interest in amateur sports and was
President of the Port Hope Baseball Club. Married July, 1895, Annie B.,
of Savannah, Ga., daughter of Major John C. Booth of the Confederate
Army, and is the father of two children, Marjorie Lesley and Madeline
Aylwin.

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Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century

A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century

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