On 25th November 1932 Maureen Swanson Countess of Dudley was born in Glasgow.
On 24th August 1961 William Ward, Viscount Ednam [aged 41] and Maureen Swanson Countess of Dudley [aged 28] were married. They had seven children. He the son of William Humble Eric Ward 3rd Earl of Dudley [aged 67] and Rosemary Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower.
On 26th December 1969 [her father-in-law] William Humble Eric Ward 3rd Earl of Dudley [aged 75] died. He was buried at the Earl of Dudley's Memory Garden, St Michael's Church, Himley [Map]. His son [her husband] William [aged 49] succeeded 4th Earl of Dudley of Dudley Castle in Staffordshire, 14th Baron Ward of Birmingham. Maureen Swanson Countess of Dudley [aged 37] by marriage Countess of Dudley of Dudley Castle in Staffordshire.
On 16th November 2011 Maureen Swanson Countess of Dudley [aged 78] died. She was buried at the Earl of Dudley's Memory Garden, St Michael's Church, Himley [Map].
On 16th November 2013 [her former husband] William Ward 4th Earl of Dudley [aged 93] died. He was buried at the Earl of Dudley's Memory Garden, St Michael's Church, Himley [Map]. His son William [aged 66] succeeded 5th Earl of Dudley of Dudley Castle in Staffordshire, 15th Baron Ward of Birmingham.