Henry Owen Lewis

Henry Lewis
MP
Member of Parliament
for Carlow
In office
31 January 1874 – 31 March 1880
Preceded byWilliam Fagan
Succeeded byCharles Dawson
Personal details
Born
Henry Owen Lewis

(1842-09-26)26 September 1842
Died5 August 1913(1913-08-05) (aged 70)
NationalityBritish
Political partyHome Rule League
Spouse
Francis Sophia Elsegood
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(m. 1866)​
Grave, St Mary Magdalen, Mortlake

Henry Owen Lewis (26 September 1842 - 5 August 1913)[1][2] was an Irish Home Rule politician. He was MP for Carlow from 1874 to 1880.[3] His daughter Frances (1873–1959) married colonial governor Cornelius Alfred Moloney and in widowhood co-founded the Missionary Sisters of St. Columban.[4]

He was High Sheriff of Monaghan in 1885. He died 4 August 1913 at Manresa House, Roehampton, and was buried at St Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic Church, Mortlake.[5]

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
  2. ^ Burke, Bernard (1879). A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain. London: Harrison. p. 964.
  3. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  4. ^ Lunney, Sheila. "Moloney, Frances Isabella Sophia Mary (Sister Mary Patrick)". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Deaths". The Times. 7 August 1913. p. 1 – via The Times Digital Archive.