Kirwan Ward was born in Shotover, Oxfordshire one of eight children of Norman and Bertha Kirwan Ward.
He inherited the Shotover Estate in Oxfordshire from his late uncle Sir John Miller, Crown Equerry, and he is friends with Queen Elizabeth II.
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The road did not exist until 1775, when it was cut through the countryside as part of the scheme to replace the old route from Oxford to London (via Cheney Lane, Old Road, Shotover, and Wheatley) by a new road via Stokenchurch.
A major Broadway revival was mounted in 1984, with an all star cast headed by Sir Rex Harrison as Shotover (a role for which he was nominated for a Tony), and featuring Amy Irving, Rosemary Harris, Dana Ivey, George N. Martin, and Tom Aldredge.
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Also available on DVD based on the 1977 version directed by Cedric Messina, with John Gielgud as Shotover, Lesley-Anne Down as Ellie, and Siân Phillips as Hesione.