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Lewis, George Alexander, son of Harold Jardine Lewis, schoolmaster, of Jersey, and Helena, d. of Richard William Beadon of Culmstock, Devon; b. 21 May 1912; adm. Sept. 1926 (R); left July 1930; Univ. of Reading, BSc; a farmer at Diss, Norfolk; m. 18 Jan. 1938 Joyce Elsie, d. of Jesse Edmund Hawkings of Burnham-on-Sea; d. 11 June 1984.

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, only son of Morgan Lewis, Newport, Monmouthshire, and Mary, dau. of Francis Pettingal, Newport, Monmouthshire, Alderman of Newport; b. 21 Mar 1713/4; adm. (aged 16) Feb 1730/1; worked in counting house of London merchant; formed trading partnership with Richard Annesley, shipping goods to North America; emigrated to North America in 1738; settled in New York city c. 1740; merchant in business there to 1775; delegate to Provincial Convention and member of Committee of Fifty-One, New York 1774; delegate to Continental Congress 22 Apr 1775 – Nov 1779; signed Declaration of Independence 1776 as delegate for New York; member and subsequently chairman, Board of Admiralty 1779 – 17 Jul 1781; m. 1745 Elizabeth, sister of his business partner Richard Annesley; d. 31 Dec 1802.

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.