William Ewart (British politician)

For other people named William Ewart, see William Ewart (disambiguation).

A three storey brown brick building with a cupola, and a single storey extension on the left, the foreground is a green lawn
Ewart's Hampton home is now Hampton library (the extension on the left is modern)
A Blue plaque on a brick wall with the words "John Beard C1717 - 1791 Singer and William Ewart 1798 - 1861 Promoter of Public Libraries
Blue Plaque on Hampton Library to William Ewart, Hampton, London

William Ewart (1 May 1798 – 23 January 1869) was a British politician.[1] In 1863, Ewart conceived the idea of a blue plaque to commemorate a link between a location and a famous person or event, serving as a historical marker. It is the oldest such scheme in the world.[2]

  1. ^ Boase, George Clement (1889). "Ewart, William" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 18. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 91–92.
  2. ^ "Blue Plaques". English Heritage. Retrieved 6 September 2016.