Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet

Who was Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet?

Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1677.

Lewis was the son of Lodewick Lewis of Trewalter, and his wife a daughter of W Watkins. was created Baronet of Llangorse on 14 September 1628. He was High Sheriff of Breconshire in 1636.

In April 1640, Lewis was elected Member of Parliament for Petersfield in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Petersfield in November 1640 for the Long Parliament, where he sat until he was excluded under Pride's Purge. He was Parliamentary governor of Portsmouth for 1642–43.

Lewis was elected in March 1660 as a member of the Convention Parliament for Breconshire. In 1661 he was elected MP for Lymington in the Cavalier Parliament where he sat until his death.

Lewis died at the age of 79 and the title became extinct.