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LEWIS, WILLIAM, son of William Lewis, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, brewer; bapt. Richmond, Surrey 20 Jun 1708; adm. (aged 11) Sep 1719; in under school list 1722; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Oct 1725; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 15 Apr 1730, matr. 1731; MB 1731 [check]; FRS 31 Oct 1745; a medical practitioner at Kingston, Surrey; d. 21 Jan 1781.

LEWIS, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1732.

LEWIS, THOMAS, of Worcestershire, “doctoris fil. ”; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1591, matr. 11 Feb 1591/2, aged 16, Westminster Student to 1594 [again 1600-1, check].

LEWIS, ROWLAND, brother of Charles Lewis (qv); b. 11 Nov 1727; adm. (aged 16) Sep 1743 (Peirson's); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Jul 1745, matr. 1746; BA 1749/50; ordained deacon (Rochester) 1 Apr 1750, priest (Lichfield for Chichester) 22 Dec 1751; Curate, Westerham, Kent; Perpetual Curate of Wivelsfield, Sussex, 25 Dec 1751-72; Rector of Perivale, Middlesex, from 10 Jun 1752; m. 18 Dec 1761 Mary, elder dau. of Benjamin Comber MD, Lewes, Sussex; d. 19 Mar 1783.

LEWIS, PERCIVAL, only son of Edward Lewis MP, Stratton Street, Piccadilly, and Downton, Radnorshire, and Marianne Loubier (IGI); bapt. St. Botolph Bishopsgate 14 Dec 1757 (IGI); adm. 27 Jan 1766; left 1774; Glasgow Univ. 1774-6; BA 1776; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Nov 1776, aged 19; kept nine terms; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 7 Jan 1775, called to bar 12 Jun 1780; Welsh Circuit; Recorder of St. Albans; of Downton, New Radnor; High Sheriff, Radnorshire 1797; contested Radnor Boroughs 1812, 1820; FSA; author, Historical Inquiries concerning Forest and Forest Laws, 1811; m. 26 Aug 1788 Mary, dau. of Jeremiah Cray, Ibsley, Hampshire; d. 23 Sep 1821.

Lewis, Paul Wilfred, son of Leonard Cyril St Alban Lewis, National Assistance Board, and Phyllis Victoria, d. of John Grice; b. 5 May 1937; adm. Sept. 1950 (KS); left Dec. 1955; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1956, BA 1960, DipEd 1961, MA 1965; ord. deacon 1964, priest 1965; Curate Holy Cross St Pancras 1964-6, St John the Divine Stamford Hill 1966-8; tutor Codrington Coll. Barbados 1968-71; DipTh 1972; chaplain Salisbury-Wells Theol. Coll. 1972-4, LSE 1974-80, St Christopher’s Hospice Sydenham 1980-; Curate St Giles Cripplegate 1983-; chaplain Nat. Hosp. for Neurology 1989-; d. 7 Sept. 2005.

Lewis, Oswald, brother of John Spedan Lewis (q.v.); b. April 5, 1887; adm. May 9, 1901 (G); left July 1905; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1909; B.A. 1912; M.A. 1916; called to the bar at the Middle Temple Jan. 26, 1912; a member of the London County Council 1913-9; Lieut. 2nd Co. of London Yeomanry April 18, 1913; retired on account of ill health April 20, 1916; served in Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula 1914-6; admitted to the Middle Temple April 19, 1909; M.P. for Colchester 1929-45; author of Because I've not been there before (1929), I'd Like to go Again (1954), and After Dinner (1955) m. June 28, 1928; Frances Merriman, daughter of Dr. Harold Merriman Cooper, O.B.E., of Hampton-on-Thames; d. 12 Feb. 1966.

Lewis, Norman Victor, only son of Victor Erskine Lewis, of Hendon, Middlesex, by Edith, daughter of Francis Hope Eyre, of Linlithgow; b. March 12, 1895; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (R); left July 1912; a clerk in the Standard Bank of South Africa at Johannesburg; temp. 2nd Lieut. 12th (Serv.) Batt. E. Yorks Regt. March 11, 1915; temp. Lieut. 15th (Serv.) Batt. E. Yorks Regt. May 29, 1916; served in France; killed in action at Beaumont Hamel Nov. 13, 1916.

LEWIS, MATTHEW, younger son of William Lewis, Jamaica, and Jane, eldest dau. of Matthew Gregory MD, Jamaica; b.; in school lists 1764; left May 1765; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Jun 1765, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1767 – res 23 Dec 1772; BA 1769; MA 1772; adm. Inner Temple 8 May 1765; First Clerk and Deputy Secretary of War 1773-1804; m. 22 Feb 1773 Anna Maria, dau. of Right Hon. Sir Thomas Sewell Kt PC, Master of the Rolls; d. 17 May 1812.

LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY, elder son of Matthew Lewis (qv); b. 9 Jul 1775; adm. 19 Jul 1783; a successful actor in the Town Boys’ plays; played Falconbridge in King John and My Lord Duke in High Life below Stairs to great applause (Letters and Correspondence, i, 42); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Apr 1790, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1790 – void 25 Jun 1803; BA 1794; MA 1797; attaché to British Embassy, The Hague May – Dec 1794; author, Ambrosio, or the Monk, 1795, a best-selling novel which made him famous as “Monk” Lewis; MP Hindon 1796-1802; his play, The Castle Spectre, ran for sixty nights from 14 Dec 1797 under Sheridan’s management at Drury Lane; author, Tales of Wonder, 1801, also poems and other plays; visited West Indies estates to make arrangements for welfare of his slaves 1815-6, 1817-8; d. unm. at sea on his voyage home from Jamaica 14 May 1818. DNB.