Samuel Ward

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85042969

Ward, an American lobbyist, financier, author, and adventurer, was well known in social and political circles in both the U.S. and Europe. Maud Howe Elliott was his niece, and the daughter of reformer Julia Ward Howe. Samuel Ward papers, Harvard http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hou01451 accessed 10/24/2017

He was also uncle to Francis Marion Crawford and his connections in publishing helped to launch Crawford's literary career. SM