| George Ward | |
| Birth Date: | 14 January 1879 |
| Death Date: | 3 December 1951 |
| Citizenship: | British |
| Party: | Liberal Party |
| Spouse: | Emily Haydon |
| Occupation: | Boot and Shoe Manufacturer |
| Birth Place: | Barwell, Leicestershire, United Kingdom |
| Education: | Barwell National School |
| Office: | Member of Parliament for Bosworth |
| Predecessor: | Guy Paget |
| Successor: | Robert Gee |
| Termstart: | 6 December 1923 |
| Termend: | 9 October 1924 |
| Honorific Suffix: | JP |
| Honorific Prefix: | The Honourable |
George Ward JP (14 January 1879 – 3 December 1951) was a British Liberal Party politician and boot manufacturer.
Ward was educated at Barwell National School in Leicestershire. On 10 June 1905 he married Emily Haydon. In business Ward was a highly successful Boot and Shoe Manufacturer but he also served in local politics as a Parish, District and County Councillor, later an Alderman and as a Justice of the Peace. In 1923 he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bosworth. He held the seat until the 1924 election.[1] [2]
He died in Hinckley aged 72, when his address was Rosslyn, Barwell, near Leicester.[2]
In his Will, George Ward left his former home, the Cedars to the people of Barwell, which was used as an educational establishment for a number of years, until it was vacated in 2002 due to subsidence problems.[3] After a number of years, the George Ward Community Centre was opened in the village using the money from the sale of the Cedars, and was so-named in honour of George Ward's contribution to the village.