Editing Dudley Ward (judge) (section)

==Family and education==
Ward was born at sea on board HMS ''Primrose'' in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] on 9 July 1827.<ref name="ladies' man">{{cite news | date=9 July 2011 | first1=Geoff | last1=Adams | url=http://www.odt.co.nz/print/168349?page=0%2C1 | title=Larger-than-life ladies' man | work=[[Otago Daily Times]] | access-date=23 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124011820/http://www.odt.co.nz/print/168349?page=0%2C1 | archive-date=24 January 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He was the eldest son of diplomat, politician, and later governor of Ceylon, Sir [[Henry George Ward|Sir Henry George Ward]] [[Order of St Michael and St George|GCMG]] and Emily Swinburne, and a cousin of [[William Ward (cricketer, born 1787)|William Ward]] and [[William George Ward]]. He was educated at [[Rugby School]] and at [[Wadham College, Oxford]] (though not being awarded a degree) and completed his legal education at the [[Inner Temple]] being called to the Bar in 1853.<ref name="Scholefield 1940">{{cite book | page=458| editor-last = Scholefield | editor-first = Guy | editor-link = Guy Scholefield | title = A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : M–Addenda | volume = II | year = 1940 | publisher = [[Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand)|Department of Internal Affairs]] | location = Wellington | url = https://www.nzhistory.net.nz/files/documents/dnzb-1940/scholefield-dnzb-v2.pdf | access-date = 6 October 2013 }}</ref> His grandfathers were [[Robert Plumer Ward]] and [[Sir John Swinburne, 6th Baronet]].<ref name="ladies' man" />