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LEWIS of CAERLEON (fl. 1491), mathematician, theologian, doctor of medicine, and teacher at Oxford a grant for life to be one of the knights of the king's alms in the chapel or church of S. Mary the Virgin, S. George the Martyr, and S. Edward the Confessor at Windsor castle, a grant which was repeated in the same terms 14 September 1491. The King's Book of Payments of May 1510 records a reward of £100 in gold to Master Lewis, the princess of Castile's physician, but it is not certain whether
LEWIS, DAVID (1520? - 1584), first principal of Jesus College, Oxford Born at Abergavenny, eldest son of Lewis Wallis, vicar of Abergavenny and Llandeilo Bertholau, and Lucy his wife, daughter of Llewelyn Thomas Lloyd of Bedwellty. He was educated at All Souls'; College, Oxford, graduating B.C.L. in 1540 and D.C.L. in 1548, and becoming a Fellow of his College. He was principal of New Inn Hall, a master in Chancery, a member of Parliament for Steyning and then for
LEWIS, ERASMUS (1670 - 1754), writer of 'news-letters' and holder of posts under the Government Born at Abercothy, about six miles from Carmarthen. He went to Westminster School in 1686 and to S. John's College, Cambridge, 1690, graduating in 1693. In October 1698 he was in Berlin with his 'cousin,' George Stepney, and writing 'news-letters' to George Ellis, M.P.; at the same time he was seeking some Government post. As his career is described in the D.N.B. this account can be brief. He
LEWIS, GEORGE (Eiddil Llwyn Celyn; 1826? - 1858), poet and shoemaker
LEWIS, GEORGE (c. 1640? - 1709?), cleric and author It may be presumed that he was born near Llanboidy, Carmarthenshire; he was ordained deacon 2 June 1667, and priest 21 September in the same year. He was licensed as curate of St Clears, and later served Llanboidy. He may be the George Lewis instituted as rector of Henllan Amgoed on 3 June 1668; in the same year, on 14 September, he was instituted vicar of Abergwili. His successor came there in
LEWIS, GEORGE (1763 - 1822), theologian and Independent minister there, and George Lewis was invited by the Congregational Board in London to manage the Academy at Wrexham. In 1815 he received two calls, one from Liverpool and one from Llanfyllin. The Board was unwilling to allow the Academy to be moved from Wales but raised no objection to its being moved from Wrexham to Llanfyllin (1815-21). In 1821 he moved it again to Newtown, but died within six months, 5 June
LEWIS, Sir GEORGE CORNEWALL (1806 - 1863), statesman
LEWIS, HENRY GETHIN (1872 - 1945), merchant and financier was one of the largest wagon-hirers in Britain. His generosity kept pace with his success. In 1927 he bought the former residence of George Davidson, Wernfawr, Harlech, and presented it to the founders of Coleg Harlech. He also bought and gave to N.L.W. the E.C. Quiggin Celtic collection. He was High Sheriff of Glamorgan, 1920-21, a governor and treasurer of the University College, Cardiff, a
LEWIS, HOWELL ELVET (ELFED; 1860 - 1953), Independent minister, hymn-writer, poet 1948. Elfed was also fortunate in his home life. He married Mary Taylor of Buckley, in 1887. This was a happy marriage and they had seven children. However she died suddenly in 1918. He married Elisabeth Lloyd five years later but she was in poor health and died 1927. By 1930 Elfed assumed that his public life was coming to an end as his eyesight had failed completely and travelling became impossible
LEWIS, HUBERT (1825 - 1884), jurist 1862. His most notable achievement, however, was the publication in 1889 of a posthumous work, The Ancient Laws of Wales, edited by (Sir) John Edward Lloyd, then a lecturer at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. The value of this work as a pioneer study in Welsh jurisprudence - and particularly as an attempt at a comparative study of institutions - has never been adequately appreciated
LEWIS, JOHN (fl. 1728-1755), printer and publisher Amusement in 1740-1, a weekly consisting mainly of letters from George Whitefield and his correspondents. This paper continued to run for some years under various names, such as The Weekly History, 1741-2, An Account of the Progress of the Gospel, 1743-4, and The Christian History, 1744-5. He published many of the books written by the Methodist authors of the period. He died 13 May 1755, and was buried in
LEWIS, Sir JOHN HERBERT (1858 - 1933), lawyer and politician County Council : he was one of the founders of the Intermediate school system in Wales. He entered Parliament in 1892 as a Liberal, representing the Flint boroughs until 1906, the county until 1918, and the University of Wales, a seat secured for Wales by his efforts, until his retirement in 1922. A close friend of David Lloyd George and Thomas E. Ellis, and with an intense love of Wales, he took every

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