William Ward (Royal Navy officer)

Born the son of Edward Southwell Ward, 3rd Viscount Bangor, Ward joined the Royal Navy in 1843.^[1] He served as the captain of the ironclad HMS Swiftsure in the early 1870s.^[2] Promoted to rear admiral on 23 July 1880, he became Admiral Superintendent of the Malta Dockyard in March 1885.^[3] He was promoted to vice admiral on 7 July 1886 and to full admiral on 5 April 1892.^[4]

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