The following obituary for William Garnham Luard appeared in the Times newspaper.

Obituary in the Times newspaper
Date	Obituary
20 May 1910	ADMIRAL Sir W.G. LUARD. Admiral Sir William Garnham Luard died at his residence at Witham, Essex, yesterday afternoon. As recorded in The Times of yesterday, Sir Willam sustained serious injuries while driving on Wednesday, his trap coming into collision with a telegraph post. He died without regaining consciousness. Sir William Luard was one of the six naval officers who entered the Navy during the reign of William IV., and lived to see the Accession of George V., their lives thus connecting the reigns of these two sailor Kings. By his death, and that of Admiral Robertson-Macdonald, which was reported in the columns of The Times on May 18, the number of officers whose careers date back to William IV.’s reign is reduced to four. Admiral Luard, who was born on April 7, 1820, was a member of the Huguenot family of Ightham, Kent, which has given many distinguished officers to the Navy and the Army. He was the eldest son of William Wright Luard, of The Lodge, Witham, Essex. He entered the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth in February, 1833, and after two years there was rated midshipman and appointed to the Actaeon, 26 guns. He became a sub-lieutenant (mate) in 1840, and in the following year saw active service during the first China War of 1840-42. He was present at the storming of Fort Tycocktow, which was attacked by Sir G. Bremer on January 7, 1841, and at the forcing of the Bocca Tigris on February 25 following, when the batteries of Anung-hoy, on the left side of the river, and those on the island of North Wantong, which the Chinese regarded as impregnable, were silenced by the ships. For these services he received the China Medal and was promoted to lieutenant on May 6, 1841, and on September 29, 1850,he reached the rank of commander, being appointed the same day to the command of the Serpent, 12 guns, in the East Indies. While in this ship he took part in the capture of Rangoon in April, 1852, and of Pegu in June of the same year, besides other operations of this, the second war with Burma. He was honourably mentioned for his services on these occasions, and received the Burma Medal, with clasp for Pegu. Promoted captain on Match 11, 1857, while serving in the Indefatigable, 50, flagship on the south-east coast of America, he was afterwards given command of the Conqueror on the China station. In this ship he superintended the landing of storming parties at the destruction of the Nagato batteries in the Straits of Shimonoseki in September, 1864. In March, 1867, he was made a C.B., having been honoured two years previously with the fourth class of the Legion of Honour. In May, 1870, he was appointed Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard, and retained this post until January, 1875, when he attained flag rank. From Match, 1878, to June of the following year he was Superintendent of Malta Dockyard. When he was promoted vice-admiral he acted as chairman ,of the committee appointed to inquire into the bursting of a 38-ton gun on board the Thunderer on January 2, 1879, by which two officers and eight men lost their lives, and on the conclusion of the investigation he received a letter expressing the satisfaction of the Admiralty at the manner in which it had been conducted. In 1881 he was chosen as chairman of a committee which sat to consider the question of gas explosions in coal bunkers. In November, 1882, he succeeded Sir Geoffrey Hornby as President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, remaining in this appointment for three years exactly. He became a full admiral on March 31, 1885, and retired a week later, but continued to hold his appointment for seven months on the retired list. In 1897, on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee, he was promoted to be K.C.B. Sir William married, in 1858, Charlotte, third daughter of the Rev. H. Du Cane, of Witham, and leaves three sons and eight daughters. Commander Herbert Luard, of the cruiser Gibraltar, is the second surviving son of the late Admiral. Sir William was a deputy lieutenant and J.P. for Essex.