| 词条 | Harvey Lewis (politician) |
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John Harvey Lewis (1814 – 23 October 1888) was an Irish-born lawyer and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1861 to 1874. BackgroundLewis was the son of William Lewis of Harlech, County Dublin and his wife Dora Cassidy, daughter of John Cassidy of Monasterevin, 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 High Sheriff of Kildare in 1857.[1] Political careerLewis stood for parliament unsuccessfully at Hull in 1859. He was elected Member of Parliament for Marylebone at a by-election in April 1861. He held the seat until 1874.[2] 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."[1] Personal lifeLewis married firstly in 1840, Emily Ball daughter of George Ball of Richmond Hill, Surrey. She died in 1850 and he married secondly in 1855, Jane Isabella Brown, daughter of William Brown.[1] Lewis died at the age of 74. He left no children. In 1925, Jane Isabella Lewis funded the construction of a private ward at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin. The ward was named the Harvey Lewis Wing in memory of John Harvey Lewis.[3] References1. ^1 2 [https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1870londuoft#page/174/mode/2up Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870] 2. ^{{Rayment-hc|m|1|date=March 2012}} 3. ^http://www.rveeh.ie/content/wards External links
| before = Edwin James | before2 = Lord Fermoy }}{{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Marylebone | years = 1861 – 1874 | with = Lord Fermoy to 1865 | with2 = Thomas Chambers from 1865 }}{{s-aft | after = William Forsyth | after2 = Thomas Chambers }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, John Harvey}} 9 : 1814 births|1888 deaths|Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies|UK MPs 1859–65|UK MPs 1865–68|UK MPs 1868–74|Alumni of Trinity College Dublin|Irish barristers|High Sheriffs of Kildare |
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