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Sir Andrew MacKenzie Lewis KCB JP (24 January 1918 – 8 November 1993) was Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command.

Naval career

Lewis joined the

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and fought in

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being

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for his service in HMS ''Ashanti''. He was appointed Director-General, Weapons (Naval) at the

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in 1965 and Flag Officer, Flotillas for the

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in 1968. He went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel in 1970 and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command in 1972; he retired in 1974. In retirement he became Chairman of the Essex Water Company, later Essex and Suffolk Water Company. Between 1976 and 1977 he was Chairman of the Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785 (United 1889). Lewis was also

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from 1978 to 1992.The Artists' General Benevolent Institution Annual Exhibition 1992 Catalogue Page 22
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Family

In 1943 he married Rachel Elizabeth Leatham:Lewis, Very Rev. Christopher Andrew PhD in ''Who's Who 2008'' (A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007
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References

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