Sir William Ewart, 1st Baronet

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Sir William Ewart, 1st Baronet

Sir William Ewart, 1st Baronet (22 November 1817 – 1 August 1889)[1] was an Irish linen manufacturer and Unionist politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1878 to 1889.

Ewart was the son of William Ewart of Sydenham Park County Down. He was educated at the Belfast Academy. He was a linen manufacturer and merchant and became president of the Irish Linen Trade Association. In 1859 he was mayor of Belfast and was also some time a member of the Belfast Local Marine Board. He was a magistrate for Antrim and Belfast.[2]

Ewart was Member of Parliament (MP) for Belfast from 1878 until the constituency was divided under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885,[3] and then for the Northern Division of Belfast until his death,[3] at which point Sir Edward Harland, Bt. was elected unopposed.[4] Ewart was created a baronet on 13 September 1887, of , in the parish of Holywood in the County of Down and of Glenbank, in the parish of Belfast in the County of Antrim.[5][1]

He was one of the Directors of the XIT Ranch, located in the Texas Panhandle.

Ewart married Isaella Kelso Mathewson daughter of Lavens Mathewson of Newtownstewart, County Tyrone.[2][6][7]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Baronetage: E". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2008.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "The House of Common constituencies beginning with B, part 2". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2008.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Obituary: Sir Edward Harland MP". The Times newspaper. Encyclopedia-Titanica. 25 December 1895. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
  5. ^ "No. 25738". The London Gazette. 13 September 1887. p. 4941.
  6. ^ Mosley, Charles. "Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes". Wilmington, Delaware, USA: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
  7. ^ Isabella Kelso Mathewson. WikiTree Profile.

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Civic offices
Preceded by
Samuel Gibson Getty
Mayor of Belfast
1859 – 1860
Succeeded by
Edward Coey
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
James Porter Corry
and William Johnston
Member of Parliament for Belfast
1878–1885
With: James Porter Corry
Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Belfast North
1885–1889
Succeeded by
Edward James Harland
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Glenmachan, Down)
1887–1889
Succeeded by


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