Buried at Folkestone, Kent Awards Order of the Bath Allegiance United Kingdom Service/branch British Army | Years of service 1845 - 1894 Rank Lieutenant general Name Charles Ewart | |
Battles/wars Crimean War
Sudan Expedition Died August 8, 1903, Folkestone, United Kingdom Place of burial Folkestone, United Kingdom | ||
Battles and wars Crimean War, Mahdist War | ||
Lieutenant General Charles Brisbane Ewart CB (15 May 1827 – 8 August 1903) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.
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Military career
Ewart was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1845. He fought at the Battles of Alma, Balaclava and Inkerman as well as the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War.
He was appointed Deputy Director of Works for Barracks in 1872 and a Member of the Ordnance Committee in 1884. He took part in the Sudan Expedition in 1885 and became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey in 1887 before retiring in 1894.
Ewart was appointed Colonel commandant of the Royal Engineers on 30 March 1902, succeeding General Sir Andrew Clarke.
Family
In 1860 he married his second cousin, Emily Jane Ewart; they had three sons and two daughters.