Nicholas Ward (MP for Downpatrick)

{{Short description|Irish politician}}

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Nicholas Ward (born 1630){{cite book | last = Brydges | first = Sir Egerton | title = A Biographical Peerage of the Empire of Great Britain | publisher = Bensley and Son | location = London | year = 1817 | pages = 261 }} was an Irish politician.

He was the oldest son of Bernard Ward and his wife Anne, daughter of Richard West.{{cite book | editor = Francis Joseph Bigger | title = Ulster Journal of Archaeology | publisher = McCaw Stevenson & Orr Ltd. | volume = XII | location = Belfast | year = 1906 | pages = 138 }} In 1661, he entered the Irish House of Commons, sitting for Downpatrick until 1666.{{cite web | url = http://thepeerage.com/p7662.htm#i76612 | title = ThePeerage | accessdate = 16 August 2009 }}

He married Sarah Buckworth, daughter of Theophilius Buckworth, and had by her two daughters and five sons. His grandson was Michael Ward.{{cite book | last = Lodge | first = John | editor = Mervyn Archdall | title = The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom | volume = VI | location = Dublin | publisher = James Moore | year = 1789 | pages = 69–70 }}