Allegiance United Kingdom Service/branch British Army Years of service 1858-1892 Rank Major-general | Name Henry Ewart Unit Household Cavalry Died April 1928 | |
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Commands held 2nd Life Guards
Household Cavalry Composite Regiment Battles/wars Anglo-Egyptian War
Mahdist War Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Battles and wars Anglo-Egyptian War, Mahdist War | ||
Major-General Sir Henry Peter Ewart, 1st Baronet, (20 August 1838 – April 1928) was a British Army officer and courtier.
Ewart purchased his commission in the 2nd Life Guards in 1858 at the age of 20. By 1882 he was commanding officer of his regiment, and was chosen to command the Household Cavalry Composite Regiment on its deployment to Egypt during the Anglo-Egyptian War. It was during this conflict that he led the 'Moonlight Charge' of the Household Cavalry at Kassassin on 28 August 1882. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in November 1882. Ewart subsequently commanded the Cavalry Brigade of the British Suakin Expeditionary Force during the Mahdist War between 1884 and 1885. In 1885 he was promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB).
Between 1884 and 1894 Ewart served as Crown Equerry to Queen Victoria, and was subsequently Crown Equerry to Edward VII from 1901 to 1910. In 1897 he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO). On 10 February 1900 he was made Colonel of the 7th Dragoon Guards and was joint Colonel of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards from 1922 to his death in 1928. After successfully taking part in the arrangement for the coronation of King Edward VII on 9 August 1902, he was promoted to Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) on 11 August 1902. Following the King′s death in May 1910, he was created a baronet, of White House in the parish of Hythe in the County of Southampton, on 14 June 1910.
Ewart married Hon. Evelyn Clementina Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, daughter of Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster, at Lowndes Square on 3 November 1888. Together they had one son, Victor Alexander Ewart, who served as an officer in the Royal Navy and was killed on HMS Queen Mary during the Battle of Jutland in 1916.