Sir George Cornewall Lewis

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British politician human scholar statesman writer

Sir George Cornewall Lewis was a 19th-century British statesman, scholar, and writer who held several high offices in government and was noted for his works on politics, history, and public finance.

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instanceOf	British politician ⓘ human ⓘ scholar ⓘ statesman ⓘ writer ⓘ
causeOfDeath	kidney disease ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1806-04-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1863-04-13 ⓘ
educatedAt	Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ Eton College ⓘ
father	Thomas Frankland Lewis ⓘ
fieldOfWork	history ⓘ political science ⓘ public finance ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Sir ⓘ
knownFor	moderate liberal views ⓘ writings on constitutional government ⓘ writings on public finance and taxation ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ surface form: Liberal Party Whig Party ⓘ
name	Sir George Cornewall Lewis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: George Cornewall Lewis
nobleTitle	baronet ⓘ
notableWork	An Essay on the Government of Dependencies ⓘ An Essay on the Origin and Formation of the Romance Languages ⓘ Inquiry into the Credibility of the Early Roman History ⓘ On the Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion ⓘ On the Use and Abuse of Political Terms ⓘ
occupation	barrister ⓘ civil servant ⓘ historian ⓘ political writer ⓘ politician ⓘ
parliamentaryTermEnd	1863 ⓘ
parliamentaryTermStart	1847 ⓘ
placeOfBirth	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
placeOfDeath	Harpton Court ⓘ
positionHeld	Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom ⓘ Financial Secretary to the Treasury ⓘ First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ Home Secretary ⓘ surface form: Home Secretary of the United Kingdom MP for Herefordshire ⓘ MP for Radnor Boroughs ⓘ MP for the County of Hereford ⓘ Member of Parliament ⓘ Secretary of State for War ⓘ Home Secretary ⓘ surface form: Secretary of State for the Home Department Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department ⓘ
spouse	Lady Maria Theresa Villiers ⓘ
title	2nd Baronet ⓘ

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