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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Sir George Cornewall Lewis canonical 5
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Predicate Object
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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Treasurer of the Navy → officeHeldBy → Sir George Cornewall Lewis ⓘ
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Peelite → followedLeader → Sir George Cornewall Lewis ⓘ
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Peelite → notableMember → Sir George Cornewall Lewis ⓘ
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Harpton Court → formerResident → Sir George Cornewall Lewis ⓘ
An Essay on the Government of Dependencies → author → Sir George Cornewall Lewis ⓘ
On the Use and Abuse of Political Terms → author → Sir George Cornewall Lewis ⓘ
Lady Maria Theresa Villiers → spouse → Sir George Cornewall Lewis ⓘ