Sir William Ewart, 1st Baronet

For other people named William Ewart, see William Ewart (disambiguation).

The Right Honourable Sir William Ewart, 1st Baronet
Sir William Ewart, 1st Baronet
Member of Parliament for Belfast
In office 1878–1885
Member of Parliament for Belfast North
In office 1885–1889
Succeeded by	Sir Edward Harland, Bt
Mayor of Belfast
In office 1859–1861
Preceded by	Samuel Gibson Getty
Succeeded by	Edward Coey
Personal details
Born	(1817-11-22)22 November 1817 Sydenham, County Down, Ireland
Died	1 August 1889(1889-08-01) (aged 71) Piccadilly, London, England
Political party	Conservative
Education	Belfast Royal Academy
Occupation	Linen manufacturer/merchant, magistrate and Politician

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 Glenmachan House, 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 Isabella Kelso Mathewson daughter of Lavens Mathewson of Newtownstewart, County Tyrone.[2][6]

Ewart died on 1 August 1889 at 14 Albemarle Street in the Piccadilly area of London, and was buried in Belfast days later.[7]

References

1. "Baronetage: E". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
2. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench. Dean & Son. 1867. p. 73. OCLC 1042972941. Retrieved 20 January 2025 – via Internet Archive.
3. "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.
4. "Obituary: Sir Edward Harland MP". The Times. London. 25 December 1895. Retrieved 31 March 2008 – via Encyclopedia Titanica.
5. "By Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council". The London Gazette. No. 25738. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 13 September 1887. p. 4941.
6. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 3 volumes" (107th ed.). Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.: Burke's Peerage.
7. Froggatt, Richard. "Sir William Ewart (1817 - 1889): Linen manufacturer, politician, philanthropist". The Dictionary of Ulster Biography. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Ewart

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 William Quartus Ewart