Sarah Ward (broadcaster)
Sarah Ward may refer to: * Sarah Ward (novelist), English novelist and critic *Sarah Ward (politician) (1895–1969), Conservative UK politician *Sarah Ward (theatre manager) (1726–1771), Scottish stage actor and theatre manager *Sarah Ward (1735–1806), Irish actress, wife of Roger Kemble Roger Kemble (1 March 1721 – 6 December 1802) was an English theatre manager, strolling player and actor. In 1753, he married Irish actress Sarah "Sally" Ward (1735–1806) at Cirencester, Gloucestershire, and they had thirteen children, who f ...

Sarah Ward (novelist)
Sarah Rhiannon Ward (living) is an English novelist and critic living in the Peak District of rural Derbyshire. She writes a crime fiction series as Sarah Ward and has also written a Gothic thriller as Rhiannon Ward. Works Fiction A series of four novels by Ward – ''In Bitter Chill'' (2015), ''A Deadly Thaw'' (2017), ''A Patient Fury'' (2018, chosen as "Thriller of the Month" by ''The Observer'') and ''The Shrouded Path'' (2019) – are set in the Derbyshire Dales, where she lives. They feature a female detective, Connie Childs. The Northern English ''Lancashire Evening Post'' noted that the fourth novel is "moody, menacing and with more than a hint of the macabre... a mystery that grips like a raw day in the Peaks." The books are set in and near the fictional town of Bampton, which the author states "is partly based on Buxton with its Georgian architecture, Bakewell, which is a well-heeled market town with a strong tourist industry, and Cromford with its canal and fantastic i ...
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Sarah Ward (politician)
Sarah Adelaide Ward CBE (25 December 1895 – 9 April 1965) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. Early life Ward was born Sarah Adelaide Ainsworth on Meaford Farm in Stone, Staffordshire on 25 December 1895. She attended Orme Girls' School in Newcastle before spending several years teaching at Christ Church School in Stone. During the First World War, she was a nurse in the Voluntary Aid Detachment in the 90th Staffordshire VADs. She married William J. Ward, a local tenant farmer, in 1921 and they had a daughter, Margaret. They moved to Grange Farm in Walsall Wood. Political career In the 1931 Conservative landslide, Ward was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Cannock constituency in Staffordshire, ousting the Labour incumbent, William Adamson with a majority of 4,665 votes. During her time as a member of parliament, Ward focused on rural issues including death duties on estates, effects of cheaper food imports and the lack of investment ...
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Sarah Ward (theatre Manager)
Sarah Ward (1726-1771), was a Scottish stage actor and theatre manager. She was the first woman to have been active as a theatre manager in Edinburgh.Elizabeth Ewan, Sue Innes & Sian Reynolds: The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women: From the Earliest Times to 2004 She was born to the English actor Thomas Achurch and married actor and playwright Henry Ward. the couple was active in Thomas Este's Taylor Halls Company in Edinburgh in 1745. When the company split in two theater companies, one was led by Sara Ward, and opened at the Canongate Theatre in Edinburgh in 1747. In 1748, she debuted in London, and then toured England and Scotland in various companies, often returning to Edinburgh. Between 1755 and 1758, she was permanently active in Edinburgh Theatre with her lover West Digges, and was a celebrated artist in Scotland: her most popular role was reportedly that of Lady Barnet in John Home's ''Douglas''. In 1758, she left Scotland, and after one season in Dublin, she was ...
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