William Ewart

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...