Family and Education
b. 14 Oct. 1738,G. Cornewall Lewis, Ped. Fam. Lewis of Harpton. 1st s. of Henry Lewis of Bedford Row, London by Elizabeth Gustaphin; nephew and h. of Thomas Lewis. educ. L. Inn 1755, called 1764. m. (1) 15 Dec. 1761, Mary (d. 1774), da. of Capt. Charles Colby, R.N., 3da.; (2) 24 Mar. 1778, Ann, da. of Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Bt., 1s. 2da. suc. fa. 18 Jan. 1768; his uncle Thomas 5 Apr. 1777.
Offices Held
Receiver of the King’s revenues, Mon., Herefs. and Glos. Mar. 1763; recorder of New Radnor 1764, 1768, 1792, bailiff 1766, 1786, 1791; sheriff, Rad. 1792–3.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Harpton Court, nr. Radnor.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
LEWIS, John (1738-97)
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