Henry Ewart

Major-General Sir Henry Ewart, 1st Baronet GCVO KCB
Born	20 August 1838
Died	April 1928 (aged 89)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1858-1892
Rank	Major-General
Unit	Household Cavalry
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

Major-General Sir Henry Peter Ewart, 1st Baronet, GCVO, KCB (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.^[1] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in November 1882.^[2] Ewart subsequently commanded the Cavalry Brigade of the British Suakin Expeditionary Force during the Mahdist War between 1884 and 1885.^[3] In 1885 he was promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB).^[4][5]

Between 1884 and 1894 Ewart served as Crown Equerry to Queen Victoria,^[6] and was subsequently Crown Equerry to Edward VII from 1901 to 1910.^[7] In 1897 he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO).^[8] 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. In 1902 he was promoted to Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)^[9] and was created a baronet, of White House in the parish of Hythe in the County of Southampton, on 14 June 1910.^[10]

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.^[11] 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.

References

1. William Wright, A Tidy Little War: The British Invasion of Egypt 1882 (The History Press, 8 Nov 2011)
2. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 25169. p. 5166. 17 November 1882.
3. Whitaker's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage (London, J. Whitaker & sons, 1916), p.372
4. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 25505. p. 4050. 25 August 1885.
5. Whitaker's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage (London, J. Whitaker & sons, 1916), p.372
6. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 25777. p. 419. 26 July 1910. Retrieved 14 January 1888.
7. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28401. p. 5472. 26 July 1910. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
8. The London Gazette: no. 26871. p. 3819. 9 July 1897.
9. The London Gazette: no. 27467. p. 5461. 22 August 1902.
10. The London Gazette: no. 28383. p. 4075. 10 July 1910.
11. Whitaker's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage (London, J. Whitaker & sons, 1916), p.372