Sir William Ewart, 1st Baronet (22 November 1817 – 1 August 1889) was an

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manufacturer and Unionist politician who sat in the

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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.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
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(MP) for

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from 1878 until the constituency was divided under the

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, and then for the Northern Division of Belfast until his death, at which point Sir Edward Harland, Bt. was elected unopposed. Ewart was created a

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on 13 September 1887, of Glenmachan House, in the parish of

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in the County of Down and of

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, in the parish of

in the

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. He was one of the Directors of the

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, located in the Texas Panhandle. Ewart married Isaella Kelso Mathewson daughter of Lavens Mathewson of Newtownstewart, County Tyrone.Mosley, Charles. "Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes". Wilmington, Delaware, US: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.

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