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 BANGOR COMPLETE PEERAGE 413 the Dukedom of Leinster [I.]. See " Schomberg " Dukedom, cr. 1689, under the 3rd Duke ; all titles becoming extinct 1719. BARONY [I.] I. Bernard Ward, of Bangor, co. Down, only J surv. s. and h. of Michael W., {d. 1758) one of '' ■ the Justices of the Court of King's Bench [I.] (1727- VISCOUNTGY [I.] 58),' by Anne Catharina, da. "and coh. of James, „ Hamilton, of Bangor afsd. (by Sophia da. ot John ' * (Mordaunt), 2nd Earl of Peterborough), was b. Aug. and bap. 6 Sep. 1719 ; M.P. for co. Down 1745-70. On 30 May 1770, he was cr. BARON BANGOR of Castle Ward, co. Down, and took his seat 11 Mar. 1771. On 11 Jan. 1781 (") he was cr. VISCOUNT BANGOR of Castle Ward, co. Down [I.]. He w., Dec. 1747, Ann, widow of Robert Hawkins-Magill, of Gill Hall, co Down, (^/. 1745) da. of John (Bligh), ist Earl of Darnley, by Theodosia, da. and h. of Edward (Hyde), 3rd Earl of Clarendon. He d. 20 May 1781, at Castle Ward, afsd., aged 61. Will pr. 1781. His widow d. at Bath, Somerset, 7, and was "carried away" 20 Feb. 1789. Will pr. 1793, Prerog. Court [I.]. II. 1781. 2. Nicholas (Ward), Viscount Bangor, ^c. [I.], s. and h., bap. 5 Dec. 1750. Matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 18 Apr. 1769; M.P. for Bangor i-]']i--j6. Q) He was a lunatic before II Apr. 1785, when the Committees of his person and estates obtained a bill in the House of Lords to make leases, iifc. He d. unm., 1 1 Sep. 1827, at Castle Ward, aged 76. III. 1827. 3. Edward Southwell (Ward), Viscount Bangor, &'c. [I], nephew and h., being 3rd but ist surv. s. and h. of the Hon. Edward Ward, M.P. for co. Down, by Arabella, da. of William (Crosbie), ist Earl of Glandore [I.], which Edward was 2nd surv. s. of the ist Viscount, and d. Nov. 18 12. He was b. Mar. 1790. He m., 14 Feb. 1826, Harriet Margaret, 2nd da. of Henr)- (Maxwell), 6th Lord Farnham [I.], by Anne, da. of Henry Thomas (Butler), 2nd Earl of Carrick. [I.]. He d. i Aug. 1837, aged 47. Will pr. May 1840. His widow ;;;., 4 Oct. 1841, in Dublin, Andrew Nugent, of Por- taferr-. Major 36th Reg. She d. 4 July 1880, at Castle Ward, aged 76. IV. 1837. 4. Edward (Ward), Viscount Bangor, i^c. [I.], s. and h., b. 23 Feb. 1827, in London. Rep. peer [I.] (Conservative) 1855. He d. unm., 14 Sep. 1881, at Brighton, aged 54. V. 1881. 5. Henry William Crosbie (Ward), Viscount Ban- gor and Baron Bangor [I.], br. and h., b. 26 July 1828, (») King's Letters, 15 Dec. 1780. C") When Sir John Blaquiere writes of him — " more than half an idiot, requires watching. " V.G.