General Morden Carthew CB (25 October 1804 – 4 September 1888) was an officer in the service of the East India Company (E.I.C.)
Thompson and referred to in a poem by colonial era Malay scholar and poet Abdullah B. Abdul-Kadir, leading his troops on horseback to assist in fighting a fire in Gelang in Singapore in 1847.
Carthew was promoted to the rank of brigadier on 18 August 1857 in order to command troops in Bengal against the mutinous Gwalior regiment.
[10] Carthew's withdrawal initially drew the ire of his superior officers with his commander-in-chief, General Colin Campbell, responding to the news by dispatch, "... although his excellency fully admits the arduous nature of the service which Brigadier Carthew had been engaged during the 28th of November, he cannot recall his approval of that officer's retreat on the evening of that day.
[12] Carthew would eventually be awarded a Companion of the Order of Bath, Military Division (CB), on 13 March 1867 in recognition of his service during the uprising.
Parliament ultimately deferred the case and claimants to the High Court of the Admiralty where it was heard before the Right Honourable Stephen Lushington D.L.C.
who ultimately awarded the entire bounty to General Whitlock for distribution among those of his troops directly involved in its capture and denying, among other officers, Carthew's claim.
[16] John Ewart is also the fourth great-grandfather of Sir Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, through Jemima's elder sister, Jane.