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Ken Lewis

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Sir Kenneth Lewis (1 July 1916 – 2 July 1997) was a Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. He was Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 of the United Kingdom for Rutland and Stamford

Rutland and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)

Rutland and Stamford was a county constituency comprising the area centred on the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire, and the county of Rutland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, using the first-past-the-post voting system.The...

 from 1959 to 1983, and following boundary changes for Stamford and Spalding

Stamford and Spalding (UK Parliament constituency)

Stamford and Spalding was a county constituency in Lincolnshire, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....

 from 1983 to 1987.

Son of William and Agnes Lewis, Kenneth Lewis was born and educated in Jarrow

Jarrow

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, Co. Durham, and attended Edinburgh University. He was a Labour and Personnel Executive with shipbuilders Hawthorn Leslie and Company

Hawthorn Leslie and Company

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 of Hebburn

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, and afterwards with the County of London Electricity Supply Company. He served with the RAF during World War II as a staff officer at Allied HQ Europe, the Air Ministry

Air Ministry

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, and with a Pathfinder

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 Squadron. He started his own shipping and travel business. He was married to Jean Lewis in 1948, and had two children: Kaye Michie and Christopher Lewis. He lived in Preston

Preston, Rutland

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, near Uppingham, Rutland.

From 1949 to 1952 he was a member of Middlesex County Council

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, and contested Parliamentary elections as Conservative candidate in 1945 and 1950 at Newton

Newton (UK Parliament constituency)

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, and at Ashton-under-Lyne

Ashton-under-Lyne (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in 1951.

His Parliamentary career included Chairmanship of the Conservative Party Parliamentary Labour Committee from 1962 to 1964, and he served on the Estimates, Expenditure and Selection Committees. He was Chairman of the East Midlands Conservative Members and Candidates Committee and the Area Conservative Political Centre. Lewis was noted for his remembrance speeches.

Lewis was an active Churchman, and served as Chairman of a Standing Committee of the World Council of Churches

World Council of Churches

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. He was also Deputy Lieutenant

Deputy Lieutenant

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 of Rutland

Rutland

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(1973).

Kenneth Lewis was knighted in 1983. Jean Lewis died in 1991, and Lewis himself died on 2 July 1997, aged 81.

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