Ward Family: Other Residences - part 1

Apart from Witley Court, the Earl of Dudley's family owned a number of other large properties in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and further abroad. They also took temporary leases on houses belonging to fellow peers and vice-versa.

Ednam House, Kelso, Scotland, the main family residence north of the border, though there were also a number of others

Great Fosters, Egham, Surrey. The second earl owned this large Tudor mansion in Edwardian times but never lived there. These days it is a discreet high-class hotel. Seen in the opening credits of the 1950's television comedy series "Wack O", which starred Jimmy Edwards.

Holt Castle, Worcestershire, not far from Witley Court itself

The old family residence of Himley Hall near Dudley, which the third earl sold to the Naional Coal Board in 1948. This scene was taken at a British Red Cross Society fete in 1944.

The principle Ward residence in the capital - Dudley House, 100 Park Lane, Mayfair, on the Grosvenor estate. Sold by Sir John Hubert Ward in 1938 

Screebe Lodge on the Galway coast in Ireland. It was here that Countess Rachel drowned in a bathing accident in the summer of 1920