William Henry Ord (1803 – 9 November 1838) was a British politician, who represented Newport in Parliament from 1832 until 1837.
[1] This necessitated a ministerial by-election; Ord was returned unopposed on 27 April.
[3] It was reported that he had been earlier offered the post in June 1834 at the end of the Grey ministry, as a gesture to acknowledge his father's support, but had declined at the time as he thought it would be unlikely he could secure re-election.
[4] During 1836, at the Treasury, he worked on the consolidation and reduction of stamp duties on newspapers and other publications; his friend Charles Knight considered the task "herculean" and wrote later that "the labour killed him".
[1] Ord died at his father's residence, Whitfield Hall in Northumberland, on 9 November 1838.