Richard Lewis (24 December 1935 – 10 June 2022) was the Dean of Wells from 1990 to 2003. Lewis was educated at the Royal Masonic School for Boys and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.

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in 1960 he began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy in Hinckley following which he was Priest in charge of St Edmund,

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. He then held incumbencies in South Merstham,

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and

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before his elevation to the

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. Lewis died on 10 June 2022, at the age of 86.Lewis
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1935 births 2022 deaths People educated at the Royal Masonic School for Boys Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Deans of Wells {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub