William Ewart (British politician)
William Ewart (1 May 1798 – 23 January 1869) was a British politician.
Life
Ewart was born in
Ewart, who was an advanced liberal in politics, was responsible during his long political career for many useful measures. In 1834 he successfully carried a bill to abolish hanging in chains, and in 1837 he was successful in getting an act passed to abolish capital punishment for cattle-stealing and other similar offences. In 1850 he carried a bill for establishing
He remained a strong advocate for the abolition of capital punishment, and on his motion in 1864, a
He was a close friend of the Reverend William Gaskell and his wife, the writer Elizabeth Gaskell, and the couple often stayed at Broadleas House. Ewart's daughter, Mary Anne Ewart, was Elizabeth Gaskell's close confidante.
See also
- List of statues and sculptures in Liverpool
Gallery
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Statue of William Ewart atThe Oratory, Liverpool, sculpted by Joseph Gottin 1832
References
- ^ Boase, George Clement (1889). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 18. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 91–92.
- ^ "Blue Plaques". English Heritage. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ a b c public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ewart, William". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 40. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9011. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)