He was received with the highest grades and appointed secretary of legation in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

In 1885, Charles Jr. accompanied his father to China as second secretary, and in 1894 he was promoted to first secretary of legation.

From 1821 to 1829 he was secretary of legation in Munich and was then on a special mission in Belgium.

Ward served as secretary of legation at Stuttgart from 1814.

He was sent to Florence as secretary of legation in 1844, later acting as chargé d'affaires.

In 1946 he became secretary of legation at the Swedish embassy in Washington, D.C.

After serving in the Polish War, he was sent to London as secretary of legation.

There he was promoted to secretary of legation in 1828 and to Chargé d'Affaires in 1832.

He was soon sent to the embassy in Saint-Petersburg where he appeared as secretary of legation in 1811.

The most important years of his career in Germany were from 1866 to 1871, when he was secretary of legation at Darmstadt.