Background
Ewart was the son of William Ewart of Sydenham Park County Down.
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. He was a magistrate for Antrim and Belfast. was elected unopposed. Ewart was created a baronet in 1887, of Glenmachan, County Down.
Ewart married Isaella Kelso Mathewson daughter of Lavene Mathewson of Newtownstewart, County Tyrone.
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In 1859 he was mayor of Belfast and was also some time a member of the Belfast Local Marine Board.
Ewart was Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Belfast from 1878 until the constituency was divided under the Redistribution of Seats Acting 1885, and then for the Northern Division of Belfast until his death, at which point Sir Edward Harland, Baronet