John Giffard Ward (29 July 1779 – 27 February 1860) was an Anglican priest who was Dean of Lincoln from 1845 to 1860.
[1][2] He was born in Southampton, Hampshire,[3] the son of John Ward and Anne Marr.
[4] He had previously held incumbencies in Chelmsford and St James's Church, Piccadilly.
[6] They had twin daughters, Harriet Elinor and Amelia Elizabeth Ann, who were artists and unmarried; and four sons: John Francis Ward, a civil servant; Rev.
George Andrew Ward, a Fellow of Christ Church College, Oxford; Francis Beckford Ward, who married Emily Louisa Gertrude Bridgeman, daughter of Charles Orlando Bridgeman; and Harry Leigh Douglas Ward, who was a writer on mediæval topics.