Charles Brisbane Ewart

Charles Brisbane Ewart
Born 15 May 1827
Coventry, West Midlands
Died 8 August 1903
Folkestone, Kent
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1845 - 1894
Rank Lieutenant General
Battles/wars Crimean War
Sudan Expedition
Awards Companion 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.

Military career

Ewart was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1845.[1] He fought at the Battles of Alma, Balaclava and Inkerman as well as the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War.[1]

He was appointed Deputy Director of Works for Barracks in 1872 and a Member of the Ordnance Committee in 1884.[1] He took part in the Sudan Expedition in 1885 and became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey in 1887 before retiring in 1894.[1]

Ewart was appointed Colonel commandant of the Royal Engineers on 30 March 1902, succeeding General Sir Andrew Clarke.[2]

Family

In 1860 he married his second cousin, Emily Jane Ewart;[1] they had three sons and two daughters.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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.)
  2. The London Gazette: no. 27428. p. 2792. 25 April 1902.
  3.  Vetch, Robert Hamilton (1912). "Ewart, Charles Brisbane". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Government offices
Preceded by
Henry Wray
Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
18871892
Succeeded by
Sir Edward Markham
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Andrew Clarke
Colonel Commandant, Royal Engineers
1902-1903
Succeeded by