Major Charles MacEwan (born 25 February 1966) is a former

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Officer and is a member of the

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. MacEwan was educated at

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and the

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. He joined the Irish Guards in 1987 and retired in 1998. With postings to

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, Berlin and

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, MacEwan was Staff Captain (

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) in 1993 and his last posting was as an

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. After two years at Gartmore Investment Management, MacEwan joined Western Provident Association and became the Corporate Communications Director for WPA, Director of Good Causes at the WPA Benevolent Foundation (created in 2011) and an Extra Equerry to

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(since 2003). MacEwan married Lucy Mary Dove in 1998 and has a daughter, Flora Georgina Mary MacEwan (b. 2 October 2003), and a son, Andrew William MacEwan (b. 24 November 2005).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Macewan, Charlie 1966 births Living people Irish Guards officers People educated at Harrow School Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst