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LEWIS, FULLER WENHAM, eldest son of John Wenham Lewis, Westerham, Kent, and Dorothy Frances, dau. of Robert Knipe (IGI), New Lodge, Hampshire; bapt. 21 May 1801; adm. 21 Jan 1812; KS (aged 14) 1816; left 1820; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Oct 1820; BA 1827; MA 1830; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 29 Jan 1824; d. 30 Apr 1861.

LEWIS, FRANCIS WILLIAM, son of John Lewis (adm. 1725, qv); b.; adm. Jun 1770; KS (aged 15) 1775; Hertford Coll. Oxford, matr. 25 Mar 1779, aged 19; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1782; 2nd Lieut., 18 Jan 1783; attended OWW dinner at Calcutta 1783 (Hickey, Memoirs, iii, 245-6); d. at Dinajpur, Bengal 22 Oct 1788.

LEWIS, ERASMUS, son of Rev. George Lewis, Vicar of Abergwili, Carmarthenshire, and Margaret, dau. of Sir Thomas Stepney, Kt; bap 29 Apr 1671; adm.; KS 1686; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1690, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1690, aged 18, scholar 24 May 1691; BA 1693/4; Master of Free School, Sevenoaks, Kent 1696/7; travelled on Continent; Secretary to Earl of Manchester, Ambassador at Paris 1701; Chief Clerk, Secretary of State’s Office Jan – May 1702, Under-Secretary May 1704 – Sep 1714; Secretary to Embassy, Brussels, in 1708; MP Lostwithiel 1713-5; lost his official post when Whigs came into power 1714; subsequently employed as Steward to his former political patron Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford; friend of Swift, Pope, Gay, Arbuthnot and Matthew Prior (qv); m. 1 Oct 1724 Anne, widow of Thomas Bateman, St. Martin’s in the Fields, London (and stepmother of Edmund Bateman (qv)), and dau. of --- Jennings; d. 10 Jan 1754. Buried East Cloister, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

LEWIS, EDMUND, son of Francis Lewis, London; bapt. St. Faith’s, London 24 Mar 1686 (IGI); adm.; QS (Capt. ) 1703; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1706, matr. 27 May 1706, aged 19, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1706 – void 1713; BA 1710; MA 1713; an Usher at the School 1710-3; ordained; Master of Kilkenny School, Ireland, from 1714; Prebendary of Ossory from 1719; Rector of Castlecomer, co. Kilkenny, from 1728; Prebendary of Lismore from 2 Dec 1742; lic. to m. 9 Oct 1713 Mary, second dau. of Rev. Heighes Woodforde BCL, Vicar of Epsom, Surrey; buried Kilkenny Jun 1743.

LEWIS, CHARLES, son of Rev. George Lewis, Vicar of Westerham, Kent, and his second wife Susanna, widow of Pendock Price, Chevening Kent; half-brother of George Lewis (qv) and of Pendock Price (qv); b. 7 Jul 1724; adm. (aged 8) May 1733; KS 1739; left Midsummer 1742.

LEWIN, FREDERICK ELLERKER, brother of Francis Ellerker Lewin (qv); b. 10 Jul 1862; adm. 15 Jun 1876 (H), exhibitioner; QS 1877; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1881, matr. 14 Oct 1881; BA 1885; adm. solicitor Nov 1902; practised in London; emigrated to Australia; Licentiate, Australian Coll. of Theology 1907; ordained (Ballarat) 1908; Curate, Maryborough, Victoria 1908-10; Vicar of Ballan 1910-5; Vicar of Wedderburn 1915-6; Vicar of Portarlington 1916 -; m. 21 Oct 1924 Grace Lilly, dau. of Joseph Hindle MICE; d. 3 Apr 1946.

LEVETT, WALTER, son of Richard Levett (adm. 1740, qv), and his second wife; bapt. 28 May 1784; adm. ; KS 1798; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1802, matr. 29 May 1802, Westminster Student (still 1814), Tutor; BA 1806; MA 1808; ordained; Curate, Drayton, Oxfordshire; Vicar of Carleton, Yorks. , 10 Jun 1816-49; Vicar of Bray, Berks. , 28 Nov 1822-5, 24 Aug 1826-53; Sub-Dean of York 6 Jun 1827 – May 1852; Chaplain to Bishop of Oxford in 1829; m. 21 Oct 1823 Susan, second dau. of Joseph Sheepshanks, Leeds, Yorks. ; d. 27 Oct 1860.

LEVETT, RICHARD, son of Rev. Richard Levett, Rector of Blithfield, Staffs., and Catherine, dau. of Charles Walcot, Walcot, Shropshire; bapt. Blithfield, Staffs. 19 Sep 1730 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) Jun 1740 (Ludford's); KS 1745; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1749, matr. 26 May 1749, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1749 – void by marriage 18 Jun 1763, Tutor 1763; BA 1753; MA 1756; ordained deacon 13 Jun 1756, priest 5 Jun 1757 (both Oxford); Vicar of West Wycombe, Bucks., from 15 Nov 1765; Vicar of Halton, Bucks., from 18 Dec 1765; m. 1st, 9 Jun 1763 Anne, sister of John Levett (qv); m. 2nd, 19 Sep 1771 Lucy, dau. of Edward Byrd, Field and Brocton, Staffs.; d. Jan 1805.

LEVETT, EDWARD, son of Richard Levett (adm. 1740, qv), and his second wife; bapt. West Wycombe, Bucks. 26 May 1775 (IGI); adm. 21 Jan 1785; KS (aged 13) 1788; elected head to Christ Church 1792, matr. 6 Jun 1792, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1792 – void 4 May 1810 (expiry year of grace as R. Ingestre from 20 Apr 1809); BA 1796; MA 1799; adm. Middle Temple 3 Jun 1788; ordained; Curate, West Wycombe, Bucks.; Rector of Ingestre, Staffs., 12 Apr 1809-11; Rector of Deene, Northants 17 May 1811-20; Rector of Ingestre, Staffs., (again) 8 Apr 1825-9; Rector of Church Eaton, Staffs., 31 May 1825 – Feb 1829; d. 18 Nov 1845, aged 71.

Lethbridge, Montagu Henry Bowater, son of Henry Bridgman Henderson Lethbridge, of Worcester, by Ada Catherine, daughter of Admiral John Montagu Hayes, C. B.; b. March 22, 1889; adm. as K.S. Sept. 25, 1902; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. 1907, matric. Michaelmas 1907; 2nd class Classics (Mods.); 2nd class Lit. Hum.; B.A. 1911; Boden Scholar 1912; passed examination for l. C. S. 1911; arrived in India Nov. 30, 1912; asst. magis. and coll. Bengal; asst. settlement officer Oct. 1915; I. A. R. O. Aug. 1916-Feb. 1919; joint magis. and deputy coll. April 1918; dist. and sessions judge Nov. 1924; legal remembrancer to Government of Assam 1933-5; dist. and sessions judge 1937-43; President First Calcutta Special Tribunal 1943-7; retired 1947; legal adviser (Nationality) to U. K. High Comnr. in New Delhi 1948-50; m. July 26, 1924, Ann, elder daughter of Lieut.-Col. John Beresford Christian, l. M. S., Calcutta; d. 1963.