Major-General Francis William Ward CB (1840–1919) was Master Gunner, St James's Park, the most senior ceremonial position in the Royal Artillery after the Sovereign.

[1] He was educated at the East India Company's Military College at Addiscombe in 1856–7, before entering the Bengal Artillery.

[2] He served on the North West Frontier from 1863 to 1864 and took part in the Second Anglo-Afghan War from 1879 to 1880.

[1] He later became a Colonel on the Staff Commanding the Royal Artillery in the Punjab.

[3] He was made Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery on 1 May 1902[4] and then held the position of Master Gunner, St James's Park immediately after World War I.