Family and Education
bap. 29 Apr. 1671, 1st s. of Rev. George Lewis, vicar of Abergwili, Carm. by Margaret, da. of Sir Thomas Stepney. educ. Westminster 1683, KS 1686; Trinity, Camb. 1690, BA 1694. m. 1 Oct. 1724, Anne Jennings (d. 1736), wid. of Thomas Bateman of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. suc. fa. ?1709. Trans. Carm. Antiq. Soc. ix. 64; xi. 79; Add. 28903, f. 52.
Offices Held
?Sec. at Paris embassy by 1700; chief clerk, secretary of state’s office January– May 1702, under-sec. May 1704–Feb. 1708, June 1710–September 1714.
Prothonotary and clerk of the crown, Carn., Anglesey, Merion. 1707–?
Provost Marshal, Barbados 1712–13.
Main residences: Abercothi, Carm.; St. James’s, Westminster.
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Commons 1690-1715
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LEWIS, Erasmus (1671-1754)
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