About Lewis Cave
Lived 1832 – 1897 (aged 65). Lewis Cave was a British judge and barrister.
Sir Lewis William Cave (3 July 1832 – 7 September 1897) was a British judge on the Queen's Bench during the reign of Queen Victoria.
Biography He was born in Desborough, Northamptonshire, the eldest son of William Cave, a local landowner, and his wife, Elizabeth. After attending Rugby School, he went to Lincoln College, Oxford, from where he graduated in 1855 with a degree in humanities.
Shortly after graduating, Cave started studying law, and married Julia Watkins, the daughter of the vicar of Brixworth on 5 August 1856. Cave was called to the bar on 10 June 1859 and built up a large general practice in the English Midlands.
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Lewis Cave was born on 3 July 1832.
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Lewis Cave died on 7 September 1897.
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