Code | DS/UK/559 |
Dates | 1894-1969 |
Person Name | Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley; William Humble Eric (1894-1969); 13th Lord Ward, Third Earl of Dudley, Viscount Ednam & Baron of Birmingham |
Surname | Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley |
Forenames | William Humble Eric |
Title | 13th Lord Ward, Third Earl of Dudley, Viscount Ednam & Baron of Birmingham |
Activity | MP for Hornsey Borough 1921-1924. MP for Wednesbury 1931-1932. Made Third Earl of Dudley 1932. Parliamentary Private Secretary to Under Secretary for India 1921-1923. President of the Society of British Gas Industries (1926-1927), British Iron and Steel Federation (1935-1936), Birmingham Chamber of Commerce (1937-1939), Federation of Chambers of the British Empire (1937-1945) and British Iron & Steel Institute (1938-1940). Local Industrialist (Round Oak Steelworks, Brierley Hill, Baggeridge Colliery, Himley 1920s and 1930s). |