William Lewis, MP

William Lewis (MP)

William Lewis (1625–1661) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.

Lewis was the second son of Sir Edward Lewis, a courtier, and his wife Lady Anne Sackville, daughter of Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset and widow of Edward, Lord Beauchamp. His father was of The Van, Glamorgan and Edington Priory, Wiltshire and died in 1630. Lewis matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford on 12 October 1638, aged 14. His mother sent her eldest sons abroad during the English Civil War to prevent their uncles, the Marquess of Hertford and the 4th Earl of Dorset, engaging them in the royalist cause and he travelled in France and Italy between 1642 and 1646. In 1647 he succeeded to the family estates on the death of his elder brother.[1]

Lewis was commissioner for assessment for Oxfordshire from January 1660 and was commissioner of militia fr Oxfordshire in March 1660. He was a J.P. from March 1660 until his death. In 1660, he was elected Member of Parliament for Devizes. He was Deputy Lieutenant from August 1660.[1]

Lewis died at the age of about 35.[1]

Lewis married Margaret Banastre, daughter of Lawrence Banastre of Boarstall, Buckinghamshire on 24 June 1649, and had two sons and two daughters. The marriage enabled him to buy an estate at Bletchington in 1656 for £10,000. His son Edward was MP in 1669. His brother Richard was MP for Westbury.[1]

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lewis_(MP)

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• LEWIS, William (c.1625-61), of Bletchington, Oxon. and The Van, Glam.
• Family and Education
• b. c.1625, 2nd s. of Sir Edward Lewis (d.1630) of The Van and Edington Priory, Wilts., and bro. of Richard Lewis. educ. Jesus, Oxf. matric. 12 Oct. 1638, aged 14; travelled abroad (France, Italy) 1642-6. m. 24 June 1649, Margaret, da. and h. of Lawrence Banastre of Boarstall, Bucks., 2s. 2da. suc. bro. 1647.1
• Offices Held
  • Commr. for assessment, Oxon. Jan. 1660-d., militia Mar. 1660, j.p. Mar. 1660-d., dep. lt. c. Aug. 1660-d.
• Biography
• Lewis was head of a very old, but thoroughly Anglicized Glamorgan family, distinguished chiefly for prudent marriages, but not previously aspiring to a seat in Parliament. His father, a courtier, married the widow of the 1st Earl of Hertford’s heir, and bought the remainder of a long lease of Edington in 1629, dying there in the following year. Lewis’s mother was careful to preserve neutrality in the Civil War, sending her eldest sons abroad lest their uncles, the Marquess of Hertford and the 4th Earl of Dorset, should engage them in the royalist cause. The Glamorgan committee testified in 1648 that Lewis was well-affected and had made large contributions to their funds; but it was probably a paternal uncle of the same name who sat with them throughout the Interregnum. Lewis’s marriage to a Buckinghamshire heiress enabled him to buy an estate at Bletchington in 1656 for £10,000. He probably owed his election for Devizes, ten miles from Edington, to his mother, whose lavish hospitality at the Priory was notable chiefly for her excellent brew of beer. As she also secured the return for Westbury of another son, it is impossible to distinguish his record in the Convention, but he was clearly inactive. Lord Wharton seems to have regarded him as a moderate Anglican. One or other of the brothers was appointed to the committees for altering the entail on Lord Hertford’s estates, attainting Oliver Cromwell, and considering the petition of a former serjeant-at-arms; but they made no speeches. He lost his seat at the general election, and died later in the same year. His widow brought Bletchington and other lands worth in all £38,000 to her second husband, the 5th Duke of Richmond; but on her death in 1667 the Boarstall estate went to her son Edward Lewis.2
• Ref Volumes: 1660-1690
• Authors: M. W. Helms / John. P. Ferris
• Notes
• 1. Cal. Comm. Adv. Money, 569-70; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 843; Evelyn Diary, ii. 557.
• 2. G. T. Clark, Limbus Patrum, 45, 50; VCH Wilts. viii. 242; Cal. Comm. Adv. Money, 728; VCH Bucks. iv. 12; VCH Oxon. vi. 59; Wilts. Arch. Mag. xx. 254, 292; PCC 81 May; CSP Dom. 1663-4, p. 528.
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/le... ______________________________
• William Lewis1
• M, #241196, d. before 1662
• Last Edited=29 Jul 2007
• William Lewis married Margaret Banaster, daughter of Laurence Banaster, before 1662.1 He died before 1662.1
• Citations
• 1.[S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 1034. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p24120.htm#i241196 __________________________
• Anne SACKVILLE
• Born: 1586, Brecon, Wales
• Died: 25 Sep 1664
• Father: Robert SACKVILLE (2° E. Dorset)
• Mother: Margaret HOWARD
• Married 1: Edward SEYMOUR (B. Beauchamp) 1 Jun 1609, St Bride's, London, Middlesex, England
• Married 2: Edward LEWIS (Sir) (son of Sir Edward Lewis and Blanche Morgan) 7 Oct 1622
• Children:
  • 1. Robert LEWIS
  • 2. William LEWIS
  • 3. Anne LEWIS
  • 4. Edward LEWIS
  • 5. Richard LEWIS
• Married 3: Henry GLENHAM (Sir) (son of Sir Thomas Glenham and Amy Parker)
• Children:
  • 6. Thomas GLENHAM (Sir)
  • 7. Henry GLENHAM
  • 8. Elizabeth GLENHAM
  • 9. Mary GLENHAM
  • 10. Anne GLENHAM
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/SACKVILLE.htm#Anne SACKVILLE2 _______________________
• Richard Lewis (c 1627 - 1 October 1706) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1702.
• Lewis was the third son of Sir Edward Lewis, a courtier, and his wife Lady Anne Sackville, daughter of Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset and widow of Edward, Lord Beauchamp. His father was of The Van, Glamorgan and Edington Priory, Wiltshirehire and died in 1630. He was commissioner for assessment for Wiltshire from January 1660 to 1680 and commissioner for militia for Wiltshire in March 1660. .... etc.
• Lewis died in 1706, in his "eighty-third year", and was buried at Corsham.[1]
• Lewis married Mary James, daughter of Giles James of Sherston, Wiltshire and had three sons and two daughters. His son Thomas sat for various Hampshire and Wiltshire constituencies. His brother William was MP for Devizes.[1]
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lewis_(MP) ________________________
• LEWIS, Richard (c.1627-1706), of Edington Priory, Wilts. and The Van, Glam.
• b. c.1627, 3rd s. of Sir Edward Lewis of Edington Priory and The Van by Lady Anne Sackville, da. of Robert Sackville†, 2nd Earl of Dorset, wid. of Edward, Lord Beauchamp; bro. of William Lewis. m. Mary, da. and h. of Giles James of Sherston, Wilts., 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da. suc. nephew Edward Lewis in Glam. estate 1674.1
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/le... _____________________________
• LEWIS, Edward (1650-74), of The Van, Glam. and Boarstall, Bucks.
• b. 30 July 1650, 1st s. of William Lewis. educ. travelled abroad 1663-6. unm. suc. fa. 1661.1
• Offices Held
  • Dep. lt. Glam. 1670-d.; freeman, Devizes 1670; j.p. Mon., Glam. and Brec. 1672-d.; commr. for assessment, Mon. and Glam. 1673-d.2
• Still under age and a stranger to the borough, Lewis was returned at a by-election for his father’s old seat at Devizes. An inactive Member, his only certain appearances in the records of Parliament were on the committee of elections and privileges in 1669 and 1670, but either he or his uncle Richard Lewis served on five others. His name does not appear on either list of court supporters in 1669-71. ‘Mr Lewis of the West’ was reported to be courting a daughter of Sir George Sondes in 1670; but neither his will nor the codicil, executed on 4 July 1674, mentions a wife. He died in London before 23 July 1674, when the will (but not the codicil) was proved by his brother-in-law William Jephson, who inherited the Buckinghamshire estate. Lewis’s younger brother had predeceased him, and the Welsh lands went to Richard Lewis.3
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/le... _____________________________
• Edward Lewis (30 July 1650 – July 1674) was an English landoowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1669 to 1675.
• Lewis was the son of William Lewis of The Van Glamorgan. 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.[1]
• Lewis died in London aged about 23 before 23 July 1674, when his will was proved by his brother-in-law William Jephson, who inherited the Buckinghamshire estate. His younger brother had predeceased him, and the estates in Wales went to his uncle Richard Lewis.[1]
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lewis_(Devizes_MP) _________________________