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Edward Lewis

1650 – 1674

English landowner and politician

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Lived 1650 – 1674 (aged 23–24). Edward Lewis was an English politician.

Edward Lewis (30 July 1650 – July 1674) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1669 to 1674.

Lewis was the son of William Lewis of The Van Glamorgan, also an MP for Devizes. He succeeded to the estates of his father in 1661 and travelled abroad from 1663 to 1666. In 1669 he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Devizes. He became a freeman of Devizes in 1670 and was Deputy Lieutenant for Glamorgan from 1670 until his death. He was J.P. for Monmouthshire, Glamorgan and Breconshire from 1672 and commissioner for assessment for Monmouthshire and Glamorgan from 1673.

Lewis died in London before 23 July 1674, when his will was proved by his brother-in-law William Jephson, who inherited Boarstall, his Buckinghamshire estate. His younger brother had predeceased him, and the estates in Wales went to his uncle Richard Lewis.

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1674
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Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1661-79 Parliament

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Who was Edward Lewis?

English landowner and politician

When was Edward Lewis born?

Edward Lewis was born on 30 July 1650.

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Edward Lewis died in 1674.

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Edward Lewis was a politician.

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Edward Lewis was English.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Edward Lewis

· Wikidata: Q5344129

· DBpedia: Edward Lewis (Devizes MP)

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