George Ward, 1st Viscount Ward of Witley
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Ward of Witley PC |
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| Secretary of State for Air | |
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In office 16 January 1957 – 28 October 1960 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | Nigel Birch |
| Succeeded by | Julian Amery |
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| Born | 20 November 1907 |
| Died | 15 June 1988 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Anne Capell (2) Barbara McNeill (d. 1980) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
George Reginald Ward, 1st Viscount Ward of Witley, PC (20 November 1907 – 15 June 1988), styled The Honourable George Ward until 1960, was a British Conservative politician. He served as Secretary of State for Air under Harold Macmillan from 1957 to 1960.
Ward was the fourth and youngest son of William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, and Rachel, daughter of Charles Henry Gurney. William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley, was his elder brother. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.
Ward served in the Second World War as an RAF group captain. At the 1945 general election he was elected to the House of Commons for Worcester, a seat he held until 1960, and served under Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden as Under-Secretary of State for Air from 1952 to 1955 and as Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty from 1955 to 1957. When Harold Macmillan became Prime Minister in January 1957 he was appointed Secretary of State for Air, which he remained until October 1960. Ward was admitted to the Privy Council in 1957 and raised to the peerage as Viscount Ward of Witley, of Great Witley in the County of Worcester, in 1960.
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