Joseph Christopher Ewart (1799 â 14 December 1868) was a British Liberal and Whig politician.
He was elected Whig MP for Liverpool at a by-election in 1855âÂÂcaused by the succession of Henry Liddell to 2nd Baron RavensworthâÂÂand held the seat until 1865 when he was defeated.
He was the third son of William Ewart, a Scottish-born Liverpool merchant. William Ewart was a close friend of another Scottish merchant, John (later Sir John) Gladstone, and the namesake of John's son - William Ewart Gladstone, the Victorian statesman and four times Prime Minister.