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, Frederic Isaac Harry, son of Harry Reginald Lewis, solicitor, and Louise Sarah, d. of Isaac Seligman; b. 2 May 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (G), (B) Sept. 1925; left July 1929; Trin. Hall. Camb., matric. 1929, BA MusB 1932; Roy. Coll. of Music 1932-5; RASC in WW2 (Capt.); a musician; composer of music for films 1945-60; overseas licensing man. Performing Rights Soc. 1960-77; co. secretary of a marketing firm 1977; m. 1 Apr. 1954 Joan Rosetta, d. of John Davis of Golders Green; d. Nov. 2005.

Lewis, Frank Alphonse, son of Louis Lewis, of Hampstead, by Louise Esther, daughter of Alphonse Souhami, of Hampstead; b. Feb. 20, 1900; adm. Jan. 14, 1915 (H); left Dec. 1915; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Nov. 17, 1930; d. 7 Dec. 1985.

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, Elydyn Alwyn Awbrey ab Gwylym, brother of David Lancelot Henry Jones Lewis (q.v.); b. Dec. 31, 1882; adm. Sept. 24, 1896 (A); left Dec. 1900; 2nd Lieut. Sherwood Foresters May 23, 1906; retired June 5, 1909; d. Jan. 16, 1945.

Lewis, Edward Reginald Charles, brother of Frederic Isaac Harry Lewis (qv); b. 22 Aug. 1913; adm. May 1927 (A), (B) Sept. 1928; left July 1929; AA Sch. of Architecture, ARIBA 1936; 2nd Lieut. RE Feb. 1942, invalided June 1944; architectural dept GLC 1951-73, retd 1973; m. 1st 1938 Michal Augusta, d. of Mark Hambourg, pianist; 2nd Sept. 1968 Betty, d. of Alfred Burt, building contractor, of Poole, Dorset; d. 24 Oct. 1988.

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, DAVID LANCELOT HENRY JONES, elder son of David Jones Lewis, Llwyncelyn, Carmarthenshire, barrister, and Elizabeth Marianne, only child of Rev. Henry James Davis, Vicar of Conwil-Cayo, Carmarthenshire; b. 8 Mar 1868; adm. 29 Jan 1881 (R); left Jul 1887; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 Jun 1887; BA 1892; MA 1901; ordained 1893; Curate, St. John’s, Cardiff 1893-1900, Gresford, Denbighshire 1900-2; Rector of Michaelstone-super-Ely, Cardiff, Glamorgan, from 1902; m. 18 Jan 1898 Eva Catherine Isabella, eldest dau. of George Day Harrison, Bellevue, Ambleside, Westmorland; d. 25 Jun 1909.

LEWIS, CRAVEN, son of Thomas Lewis MP, St. Pierre, Monmouthshire, and his first wife Jane Rachel Becher, Hawberry [check], Gloucs.; bapt. St. Pierre 1 Aug 1729 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Apr 1738 (Watts'); left 1744; Cornet, 4th Dragoons 17 Nov 1746; m. 14 Oct 1752 Mary Langford, St. Clement Danes, London; living 1755.