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Sir John Herbert Lewis (27 December 1858 – 10 November 1933) was a Welsh Liberal Party politician.
Background and education
Born at Mostyn Quay, Flintshire, Lewis was the only child of Enoch Lewis and Catherine Roberts. It is possible that Lewis was related to C.S. Lewis. This speculation is the result of the fact that C.S. Lewis's grandfather, Richard Lewis, was born in Flintshire in 1775.
Lewis was a Lord of the Treasury, 1905–1908. He was re-elected twice in 1910, the second time unopposed;
Lewis was Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board, 1909–1915. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education, 1915–1922, and played a key role in drawing up the Education Act 1918, often known as the Fisher Act.
At the 1918 general election he contested the new University of Wales constituency as a Coalition Liberal;
He was offered a peerage on his retirement from Parliament in 1922, but declined the honour. He was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 1922 Dissolution Honours List. Among his other correspondents in religious matters was the Welsh Revivalist Evan Roberts.
Personal life
Sir John Herbert Lewis was married twice, first in 1886 to Adelaide (d. 1895), daughter of Charles Hughes, publisher, Wrexham and in 1897 to Ruth, daughter of Alice and W. S. Caine, MP. By his second marriage he had a son and a daughter. He resided at Plas Penucha, Caerwys, Flintshire. Lewis died at his home, Plas Penucha, in 1933.
References
References
- National Library of Wales: Sir John Herbert Lewis Papers
- National Library of Wales: Lloyd George Papers
- National Library of Wales: T. E. Ellis Papers
- Dictionary of Welsh Biography