Major The Hon Sir John Ward KCVO

Major The Hon Sir John Ward KCVO
Title:Major The Hon Sir
First name:John
Surname:Ward
Post-nominals:KCVO
Year elected:1919
Last year on list:1938
MembershipMember
Yachting Committee1932-1935
Major Sir John Hubert Ward, KCVO (20 March 1870 – 2 December 1938) was a British army officer and courtier.

He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Worcestershire Yeomanry (The Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars) on 11 January 1900, and served in the Second Boer War 1900–1901, as an aide to Major Gen. John Palmer Brabazon. He was promoted to lieutenant, and later fought in the First World War and gained the rank of major.

In 1901, Ward was the Assistant Private Secretary to the Financial Secretary to the War Office, Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby. Ward served as an Equerry to four successive British monarchs. He was appointed Equerry to King Edward VII 28 February 1902, and served until the King's death in 1910. He was then an Extra Equerry to King George V 1910–1936, to King Edward VIII in 1936, and to King George VI from 1937 until the following year, when he died.

Yachts Owned

NameRig ClassfromtoMMSI
Jean 6 Metre Sloop, later a Cutter 1922 1922  
Rosemary Motor Boat 1922 1938  

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