Andrew Lewis (Royal Navy officer)

Sir Andrew Lewis
Born 1918
Died 1993
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Navy
Rank Admiral
Commands held Naval Home Command
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath;
Knight of the Order of St John

Admiral Sir Andrew Mackenzie Lewis KCB JP (1918–1993) was Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command.

Naval career

Lewis joined the Royal Navy and fought in World War II being mentioned in despatches for his service in HMS Ashanti.[1]

He was appointed Director-General, Weapons (Naval) at the Ministry of Defence in 1965[2] and Flag Officer, Flotillas for the Western Fleet in 1968.[3] He went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel in 1970[4] and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command in 1972;[5] he retired in 1974.[6]

In retirement he became Chairman of the Essex Water Company, later Essex and Suffolk Water Company. Between 1976 and 1977 he was Chairman of the Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785 (United 1889).[7]

Lewis was also Lord Lieutenant of Essex from 1978 to 1992.[8] He died in 1993.

Family

In 1943 he married Rachel Elizabeth Leatham[9](died 1983): their elder son is the Very Reverend Christopher Lewis, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford,[10] and their younger son, David, is a shipbroker.

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 35007. p. 6915. 3 December 1940. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  2. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1966
  3. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1969
  4. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1970
  5. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1973
  6. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1975
  7. ↑ Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785 (United 1889).
  8. ↑ The Artists' General Benevolent Institution Annual Exhibition 1992 Catalogue Page 22
  9. ↑ Anglefire.com
  10. ↑ 'LEWIS, Very Rev. Christopher Andrew PhD' in Who's Who 2008 (A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007)
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Frank Twiss		 Second Sea Lord
1970–1971 		Succeeded by
Sir Derek Empson
Preceded by
Sir Horace Law		 Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command
1972–1974 		Succeeded by
Sir Derek Empson
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