The Right Honourable William McEwan, 1827 - 1913
Arthur Marx [photographer]
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Photographs
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1247733
Summary
A studio portrait presented as a cabinet card
Full description
William McEwan is looking straight ahead and is wearing a jacker, waistcoat, shirt and pale tie. William McEwan was a Scottish Liberal Party Politician, philanthropist and brewer. He married Helen Anderson in 1885, their daughter, Margaret Helen Anderson (1863 - 1942) was a witness at the wedding. Naming his daughter, Margaret, as his sole heir established her in society, made her marriage to the Hon.Ronald Greville (1864 - 1908) acceptable and financed her life long role in society centred at Polesden Lacey and Charles Street, Mayfair.
Makers and roles
Arthur Marx [photographer], photographer