Henry Alfred Ward
Henry Alfred Ward was a Canadian politician.
The Ward family of Port Hope, Ontario were of English descent. Henry Ward was a grandson of Captain Thomas Ward , who as born in London and came to Canada with Governor John Graves Simcoe in 1791. Captain Ward was one of the first statute lawyers of Upper Canada and one of the first benchers of the Law Society of Upper Canada. Until 1808, he was Registrar of Northumberland County, Ontario, residing at Brighton. In that year he became Registrar for Durham County, Ontario and removed to Port Hope. In later life he also held the offices of Judge of the County Court and Clerk of the Peace for the Newcastle District. In 1847, Captain Ward resigned from the Registrars office in favor of his son George C. Ward. Among the Captains children were Mrs John Tucker Williams.
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