William Ewen Stavert

Sir William Ewen Stavert, KBE was a Canadian banker. He was Financial Adviser to the Government of Newfoundland from 1932 until his death.
Born in Summerside, [Prince Edward Island|Summerside], Colony of Prince [Edward Island], Stavert worked in Canadian banking for forty years. During the First World War, he was Financial Controller in the British Ministry of Information and its Accounting Officer to HM Treasury; he was knighted as a KBE in 1919.
Appointed Financial Adviser to the Government of Newfoundland in 1932, he was Newfoundland's representative on the Newfoundland Royal Commission, which recommended the suspension of responsible government.