Thomas Asline Ward

Thomas Asline Ward (6 July 1781 – 26 November 1871) was an English politician and Master Cutler from Sheffield.

Early Life

He was the son of Joseph Ward and Sarah Asline, he grew up on Howard Street. His family owned a country villa named Park House, a few miles away which they resided in during the summer months. Ward lived there following his marriage in 1814 to Ann Lewin.^[1]

Career

Ward served on the Cutlers Company from 1809 to 1818 and was Master Cutler in 1816. From 1817-1863 Ward served as Town trustee and in 1831, was Town collector. He also ran for parliament that same year, he gained great support however franchise limitations restricted many voters, and his campaign was unsuccessful. He became a magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1836. He also served as an editor of the Sheffield Telegraph from 1823 to 1829, and was a leading member of the Unitarian chapel, Upper Chapel.^[2]

Throughout his life, Ward wrote a diary which was later published in a book titled Peeps into the Past.^[3]

On 24 October 1857, Sheffield F.C., recognized as the oldest extant club, held their inaugural meeting at Parkfiehd House, in a greenhouse lent by Ward. His son Frederick Ward become the club's first president.

Ward's name is also mentioned in Ebenezer Elliott's song regarding the Reform Act 1832.

Ward passed away in 1871.

References

↑ Jennett, Geoffrey Dawson (1954). Thomas Asline Ward: His Life and Achievements and Their Effect Upon the Development of Sheffield (M.A., Economic History). OCLC 270859812.
↑ Leonard, Angela M (2010). Political poetry as discourse : rereading John Greenleaf Whittier, Ebenezer Elliott, Hip-hop-ology. Lanham: Lexington Books. ISBN 9780739122846. OCLC 444873012.
↑ Ward, Thomas Asline (1909). Bell, Alexander B., ed. Peeps Into the Past: Being Passages from the Diary of T.A. Ward. London: W.C. Leng & Co. p. 368. OCLC 35998311.

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[1] Jennett, Geoffrey Dawson (1954). Thomas Asline Ward: His Life and Achievements and Their Effect Upon the Development of Sheffield (M.A., Economic History). OCLC 270859812.

[2] Leonard, Angela M (2010). Political poetry as discourse : rereading John Greenleaf Whittier, Ebenezer Elliott, Hip-hop-ology. Lanham: Lexington Books. ISBN 9780739122846. OCLC 444873012.

[3] Ward, Thomas Asline (1909). Bell, Alexander B., ed. Peeps Into the Past: Being Passages from the Diary of T.A. Ward. London: W.C. Leng & Co. p. 368. OCLC 35998311.