Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet
Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet (26 March 1598 – November 1677) supported the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War. He sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1677.
Biography
Lewis was the son of Lodewick Lewis of Trewalter, and his wife a daughter of W Watkins.[1] was created Baronet of Llangorse on 14 September 1628. He was High Sheriff of Breconshire in 1636.[1]
In April 1640, Lewis was elected Member of Parliament for Petersfield in the Short Parliament.[2] He was re-elected MP for Petersfield in November 1640 for the Long Parliament, where he sat until he was excluded under Pride's Purge.[3] He was Parliamentary governor of Portsmouth for 1642–43.[4]
Lewis was elected in March 1660 as a member of the Convention Parliament for Breconshire.[5] In 1661 he was elected MP for Lymington in the Cavalier Parliament where he sat until his death.[6]
Lewis died at the age of 79 and the title became extinct.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nicholas 1872, p. 105.
- ↑ Willis 1750, p. 235.
- ↑ Willis 1750, p. 249.
- ↑ History in Portsmouth - Governors of Portsmouth
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)[self-published source][better source needed]
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| Parliament of England | ||
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| Preceded by
Parliament suspended since 1629
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Member of Parliament for Petersfield 1640-1648 With: William Uvedale |
Succeeded by Not represented |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Breconshire 1660 |
Succeeded by Sir Henry Williams, 2nd Baronet |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Lymington 1661-1667 With: John Bulkeley 1661-1662 Sir Nicholas Steward, 1st Baronet 1663-1677 |
Succeeded by Sir Richard Knight Sir Nicholas Steward, 1st Baronet |
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- 1598 births
- 1677 deaths
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