WARD, FREDERICK TOWNSEND ( 1831-62). An American military advent orer, born at Salem, Mass. Ile was educated at the high'school in his native town, became a sailor, fought with the French in the Crimea, and was with Walker in Nicaragua. He then became for a time a ship-broker in New York. hut went to China during the Taiping Rebellion. llaving organized an irregular force of about 100 desperadoes, Ward offered his services to the local Chinese au thorities, and for a reward of $200,000 recap tured Sungkiang. and garrisoned it. Flaring re ceived a commission from the Chinese, he began drilling natives with foreign adventnrers as of ficers, increased his following to nearly 4000, the nucleus of the force later 1:110W11 1111?1C1' Gordon ae 'the ever-victorious army.' This force was of great assistance to the British and French ad mirals in protecting Shanghai, and maintaining a neutral belt of :10 miles around the city. Dur ing a skirmish near Ningpo Ward was killed: he was buried at Sungkiang, where a sln•ine was erected to his memory in 1875.
WARD, GENE11LvE, Countess de Guerbel (1838—). A singer and actress. She was born
in New York, but from childhood lived much abroad, studying muskc both in New York and in Italy. After her romantic and unhappy ru:n• riage to the Russian officer Coma Constantine de Gnerbel (1854), she made her debut as an opera singer at Milan in 1856 under the name of _Ma dame Guerrabella. She met with great success both on the Continent and in England. Soon after she came to America in 1862, she lost her voice through illness, and for a time gained a livelihood by teaching singing while she studied for the theatre. Her appearance as Lady Mac beth, at Manchester, England, in 1873, proved the beginning of her fame in many tragie among them Lucrezia Borgia, Queen Katharine, and especially Stephanie, in Foryct-.11e-.Vot. She first appeared on the American stage in 1878. In 189:3 she was Queen Eleanor in the production of Becket by DA:Mg at the Lyceum, and she con tinued with him till 1897, afterwards residing in England. Consult : Wickoti, Mcnioir of Oinerra Onerrabella (New York, 1863) ; Gusto fson, Gcneriere Ward (Boston. 1882).