The first occupants of No. 3 Malta Terrace were Peter Ewart and his widowed mother, Jane Lundie. Mrs P Ewart was listed there from 1832 to 1835, and Peter Ewart, accountant, was listed in 1834-35.[1]
Jane Lundie was the widow of Peter Ewart of Rosefield, Dumfriesshire, a former surgeon in the Honourable East India Company, who died on 28 April 1822, aged 64 years.[2] She was born Jane Lundie, on 20 January 1789,[3] second daughter of Archibald Lundie W.S. (1748-1841).[4] She died in Camberwell, London on 22 January 1849.[5]
Jane Lundie married Peter Ewart in Edinburgh on 27 October 1807.[6],[7] They had six children: Peter (below), Archibald (born 1812),[8] Jane (born 1814),[9] Margaret (born 1816),[10] Catharine (born 1818),[11] and Henry (born 1821).[12]
Peter Ewart, eldest son of Jane Lundie and Peter Ewart of Rosefield, was born in Edinburgh on 26 January 1811 and baptised at Morton on 03 February that year.[13] He was an accountant, living in Dean Terrace, Edinburgh between 1835 and 1839,[14] before moving to London where he took up the position of Resident Secretary of the Standard Life insurance company. In 1841, he was recorded living at 82 King William Street, London.[15] He died in London and was buried on 29 June 1854.[16] His own life insurance proved inadequate to cover his debts, funeral expenses, children’s education and rent for his widow.[17]
Peter Ewart married Grace Sanderson at Leamington Priors, Warwickshire on 02 August 1842.[18] She was the daughter of a captain in the 9th Bengal Cavalry. They had four children, all born in London.[19]
[1] PO Directories 1831-32, 1832-33, 1833-34 and 1834-35.
[2] Death announcements. 1822. The Scots Magazine. May. EWART, Peter. p. 626, col 02. https:// www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 26 June 2021.
[3] Baptisms index (OPR) Scotland. Edinburgh 20 January 1789. LUNDIE, Jean. 685/1 380 125. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 26 June 2021.
[4] Society of Writers to the Signet. (1890) A History of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty’s Signet. Edinburgh: T. & A. Constable. p. 123. https://archive.org: accessed 26 June 2021.
[5] Death announcements. 1849. Caledonian Mercury. 29 January 1849. EWART, Jane. p. 03, col. 06. https:// www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 26 June 2021.
[6] Marriage announcements. 1807. The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany. December. EWART, Peter and LUNDIE, Jane. p. 956. https://google.co.uk/books: accessed 26 June 2021.
[7] Marriages index (OPR) Scotland. 20 October 1807. EWART, Peter and LUNDIE, Jane. 685/1 530 263. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 26 June 2021.
[8] Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Morton, Dumfriesshire. 21 August 1812. EWART, Archibald. 843/ 10 194. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 26 June 2021.
[9] Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 25 July 1814. EWART, Jane. 685/1 420 86. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 23 June 2021.
[10] Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 08 April July 1816. EWART, Margaret. 685/1 420 86. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 23 June 2021.
[11] Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Dumfries. 23 February 1818. EWART, Catharine. 821/ 30 298. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 23 June 2021.
[12] Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Troqueer, Kirkcudbright. 20 April 1821. EWART, Henry. 82/ 30 23. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 26 June 2021.
[13] Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Morton, Dumfriesshire. 03 February 1811. EWART, Peter. 843/ 10 189. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 25 June 2021.
[14] PO Directories 1835-36, 1836-37, 1837-38 and 1838-39.
[15] Census records. England. St Mary Abchurch, Middlesex.30 March 1841. EWART, Peter (Head). HO107/1530/388, p. 28. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 26 June 2021.
[16] Deaths index (CR). England. Islington, London. 2nd Q., 1854. EWART, Peter (aged 43). Vol. 1b, p. 171. https://www.gro.gov.uk: accessed 26 June 2021; https://deceasedonline.com: accessed 26 June 2021.
[17] Alborn, Timothy. (2008) Quill-Driving: British Life-Insurance Clerks and Occupational Mobility, 1800–1914. Business History Review 82: 31–58. https://www.lehman.edu/academics/arts-humanities/documents/AHALBQD.pdf: accessed 26 June 2021.
[18] Marriages (PR). England. Leamington Priors, Warwickshire. 02 August 1842. EWART, Peter and SANDERSON, Grace. DR 581/31. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 26 June 2021.
[19] RFU 1871 Founder John Henry Ewart Family Tree. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 26 June 2021.
Jane Lundie married Peter Ewart in Edinburgh on 27 October 1807. They had six children, the eldest being Peter Ewart (1811-1854) who also lived at No. 3.