Robert Plumer Ward

Robert Plumer Ward

Robert Plumer Ward (1765–1846), novelist and politician, born in London, educated at Oxford, and called to the Bar 1790, held various political offices, and wrote some books on the law of nations; also three novels, "Tremaine, or the Man of Refinement", full of prolix discussions; "De Vere, or the Man of Independence", in which Canning is depicted under the character of Wentworth; and "De Clifford, or the Constant Man". His son, Henry George Ward, was a diplomat, politician, and travel author.

Bibliography

*"An Enquiry into the Foundation and History of the Law of Nations in Europe" (1795)
*"An Historical Essay on the Real Character and Amount of the Precedent of the Revolution of 1688" (1838)
*"De Vere; or, the Man of Independence" (1827)
*"Tremaine; or, the Man of Refinement" (1825)
*"De Clifford; or, the Constant Man" (1841)
*"Memoirs of the Political and Literary Life of Robert Plumer Ward" (1850, edited by E. Phipps)


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