James Ewing (11 January 1784 – 18 December 1852) was a British politician. He was a

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for Wareham, 1830–1831.

Family

Ewing was an Irishman, whose father may have been James Ewing from Dublin or James Ewing from Londonderry. He believed himself to have been born in Dublin, but had trouble proving his birth details. Ewing married three times, firstly in 1812 to Mary Ann Carige (resulting in 1 daughter), but she died the following year. His second marriage was in 1816 to Jane Morton, and lasted until her death in 1842. They had at least three daughters together. His last marriage was to Louisa Dick in 1843; they had one daughter.

East India Company appointments

In 1803 Ewing was appointed to the

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and arrived in India in February 1804, as a minor legal official. Ewing's first two marriages took place in India, and he made 'a considerable fortune' there. Ewing's uncle, Robert Ewing of Londonderry and York Place, Portman Square London died in December 1827, leaving an estate of less than £60,000. Ewing inherited two thirds of the estate, with the other third going to his sister Margaret Curwen. Another sister, Martha, was disinherited for secretly marrying an unsuitable man. Ewing returned to England in 1828 and purchased the Wareham seat in Parliament from

John Calcraft John Calcraft the Elder (1726 – 23 August 1772), of Rempstone in Dorset and Ingress in Kent, was an English army agent and politician. Business career The son of an attorney who was Town Clerk of Grantham, Calcraft set out on a career as an ...

. He was returned unopposed in 1830. He is not recorded as making any speech in the House, and left in 1831 when Parliament was dissolved. In 1832 Ewing had bought the manor of Magdalen Laver in Essex from John Cozens. Ewing died in

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, Surrey in December 1852. He was survived by his second daughter (the eldest with his second wife), Anna Caroline Morton, who in 1843 had married Caledon Du Pré Alexander of Auberies, Essex, son of

Josias Du Pré Alexander Josias Du Pré Alexander (1771 – 20 August 1839) was an Irish-born officer of the British East India Company who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in two periods between 1820 and 1832. Born in County Londonderry, Alexander join ...

Not MP for Glasgow

Ewing is frequently confused with

James Ewing of Strathleven James Ewing of Strathleven MP FRSE LLD (1775–1853) was Lord Provost of Glasgow (1832–1833), and MP for Glasgow (1832–1835), a plantation owner, slave-holder and West Indies merchant. Family and early life Ewing was born in Glasgow on 5 ...

(1775–1853) MP for

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, 1832–1835 and co-founder of the

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. This James Ewing purchased Strathleven House, Dumbartonshire, in 1830. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being

Thomas Kinnear :not to be confused with Grace Marks' employer who died in 1843 Thomas Kinnear FRSE (1796–1830) was a Scottish banker and Director of T. Kinnear & Sons. He was also a Director of the Bank of Scotland. Life He was born on 11 January 1796. ...

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* ote this Hansard entry conflates the two James Ewings 1784 births 1852 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1830–1831 {{England-UK-MP-stub