In 1770 Mr. Ward, who, as patron of the borough of Bangor and one of the
Members for County Down, possessed political influence, was raised to the
Peerage of Ireland as Baron Bangor. A few years later, during the Vice-royalty
of Earl Harcourt, he was appointed a trustee of the linen manufacture^

As regards the manner of living here in Georgian times, a singularly detailed
account, from the pen of an observant, versatile, and accomplished man,
Sir James Caldwell, of Castle Caldwell, County Fermanagh, has fortunately
been preserved. He writes as follows|| : —

" Monday, 12th October, 1772. — A little before dinner I got to Castle Ward.
Lord Bangor received me with great cordiality, brought me into his room, and
signed the address with great willingness ; he also asked me to dine and stay all
night. This was the greater compliment, as his house was full of company,



* Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany, vol. iii, p. 597.
t Ibidem, vol. iv, p. 280.
% A view of the Grecian front appears in the fifth volume of the Georgian Society, at Plate CII.
§ The Harcourt Papers, vol. x, p. 306.
|| This narrative, obligingly communicated by the Hon. Kathleen Ward, appeared in a privately
printed history of a Derbyshire family, entitled The Bagshawes of Ford, by W. H. Greaves-Bagshawe.
46 Castle Ward.
