Constituency : Torquay 1885-6, Edinburgh West 1895-1909 ( Liberal Unionist )
Lewis took the new seat of Torquay. He was the son of the secretary of the Presidency Bank of Madras. He was educated at Kensington Grammar School and Bonn University. He was in the Indian Civil Service for a while. He became a barrister.
Lewis spoke out against the annexation of Burma - "in the Burmese mind no social scheme is conceivable without a King".
Lewis voted against the Home Rule Bill on the issue of the sovereignty of the UK Parliament in 1886 but was conciliatory towards Gladstone and his local Liberal association re-adopted him for the election. The Tories did not trust him and Salisbury declined to intervene for him. The Tory candidate called him a "vacillating adventurer" and defeated him.
Lewis stood as a fully fledged Liberal Unionist in Edinburgh South in 1892. He returned to the Commons for Edinburgh West three years later. He was created a baronet in 1896.
Lewis resigned his seat in 1909 and became a city financier.
He died in 1920 aged 74.
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