John Hubert Ward monarchs. He was appointed Equerry to King Edward VII 28 February 1902, and served until the King′s death in 1910. He was then an Extra Equerry to King George V 1910-1936, to King Edward VIII in 1936, and to King George VI from 1937 until the following year, when he died. Ward's engagement to Jean Templeton Reid (1884–1962) was announced in April 1908. She was the daughter of Whitelaw Reid, American ambassador to the United Kingdom, sister of Ogden Mills Reid, a New York publisher, the granddaughter of Darius Ogden Mills, an American financier, and the niece of Ogden Mills,
Frederick W. Barrett Frederick W. Barrett Major Frederick W. Barrett (20 June 1875 – 7 November 1949) was an English international polo player. He trained race horses for three British Monarchs George V, Edward VIII and George VI. He was born on 20 June 1875 in England. Barrett was in the 15th Hussars and had been a successful steeplechase rider. He began polo when his regiment went to India in 1902. He competed on the England polo team in the 1914 and 1921 International Polo Cup. The English team were victorious in 1914 ending a series of losses. He won the Roehampton Trophy