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Ewart, engraving by S.W. Reynolds after a portrait by E.V. Rippingille
Ewart, engraving by S.W. Reynolds after a portrait by E.V. Rippingille

William Ewart

British politician
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May 1, 1798, Liverpool, Eng.
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Jan. 23, 1869, Broadleas, near Devizes, Wiltshire (aged 70)
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William Ewart (born May 1, 1798, Liverpool, Eng.—died Jan. 23, 1869, Broadleas, near Devizes, Wiltshire) was an English politician who succeeded in partially abolishing capital punishment. Ewart was educated at Christ Church College, Oxford (B.A., 1821), was called to the bar in 1827, and sat in the House of Commons from 1828 to 1837 and from 1839 to 1868. His work in Parliament secured the abolition of hanging criminals in chains as a form of punishment (1834) and of administering capital punishment for cattle stealing and other minor offenses (1837). From 1840 he urged the complete abolition of the death ...(100 of 118 words)

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