John Harvey Lewis (1814 – 23 October 1888) was an Irish-born lawyer and

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politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1861 to 1874.

Background

Lewis was the son of William Lewis of Harlech, County Dublin and his wife Dora Cassidy, daughter of John Cassidy of

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, County Kildare. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin graduating BA in 1835 and MA in 1838. He was called to the bar in Ireland in 1838 and was in practice until 1850. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Middlesex and Tower Hamlets and a J.P. for Middlesex and Westminster. He was

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Political career

Lewis stood for parliament unsuccessfully at Hull in 1859. He was elected

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for

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at a by-election in April 1861. He held the seat until 1874. He was described as "in favour of the principle of non-intervention and opposed to the present pressure that the income-tax has upon professional men and traders."

Personal life

Lewis married firstly in 1840, Emily Ball daughter of George Ball of Richmond Hill, Surrey. She died in 1850 and he married secondly in 1855 his housekeeper Jane Isabella Brown, daughter of William Brown. Lewis died at the age of 74. He left no children. Jane Isabella Lewis died in 1904 but under the terms of her will a legacy was later used to fund the construction of a private ward at the

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in Dublin. The ward was named the Harvey Lewis Wing in memory of John Harvey Lewis.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, John Harvey 1814 births 1888 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Irish barristers High Sheriffs of Kildare