Background
He was born at Jerusalem, the son of Christian Ferdinand Ewald (1802–1874), who from a Jewish family became a Christian convert working for the London Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Jews.
He was born at Jerusalem, the son of Christian Ferdinand Ewald (1802–1874), who from a Jewish family became a Christian convert working for the London Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Jews.
He was educated abroad and was appointed to a clerkship in the Public Record Office in 1861, rising to be senior clerk by 1890.
He died at 31 Victoria Road, Upper Norwood, on 20 June 1891.