Charles Brisbane Ewart
Born15 May 1827
Coventry, West Midlands
Died8 August 1903 (1903-08-09) (aged 76)
Folkestone, Kent
Buried
Folkestone, Kent
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1845–1894
RankLieutenant General
Battles/warsCrimean War
Sudan Expedition
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Lieutenant General Charles Brisbane Ewart CB (15 May 1827 – 8 August 1903) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.

Life

He was the son of Lt General John Frederick Ewart and his wife, Lavinia Brisbane, daughter of the military hero, Charles Brisbane. His brother was General Sir John Alexander Ewart.[1]

Ewart was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1845.[2] He fought at the Battles of Alma, Balaclava and Inkerman as well as the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War.[2]

He was appointed Deputy Director of Works for Barracks in 1872 and a Member of the Ordnance Committee in 1884.[2] He took part in the Sudan Expedition in 1885 and became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey in 1887 before retiring in 1894.[2]

Ewart was appointed Colonel commandant of the Royal Engineers on 30 March 1902, succeeding General Sir Andrew Clarke.[3]

Family

In 1860 he married his second cousin, Emily Jane Ewart;[2] they had three sons and two daughters.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Ewart, John Alexander". DNB. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 R. H. Vetch, rev. James Falkner. "Ewart, Charles Brisbane". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33055. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ↑ "No. 27428". The London Gazette. 25 April 1902. p. 2792.
  4. ↑ Vetch, Robert Hamilton (1912). "Ewart, Charles Brisbane" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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