Lewis, William, 1708-1781
Variant namesEpithet: JP for Anglesey
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Epithet: Reader at the Inner Temple
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Epithet: vicar of Hillingdon, county Middlesex
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Epithet: of Add MS 36051
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Epithet: of Add MS 36065
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Epithet: of Add MS 41803
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Epithet: of Abersychan Mon
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Epithet: Reverend; of London
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Epithet: Lieutenant of Marines
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Epithet: Member of the Council of State; of Stowe MS 142
Title: Baronet
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Biography
William Lewis was born in Providence, Rhode Island; he decided on a dancing career after seeing the Frisco Kid perform in the early 1920s; began in vaudeville with the group, Sunshowers, and later with a travelling minstrel show; his wife Elsie studied Russian ballet and tap dancing; danced at Capital Music Hall in New York with the the Chester Hale Girls; William and Elsie joined a touring group, Gobs of joy; after 1932, William Lewis returned to Rhode Island and opened a dancing school; after their baby was born, Lewis danced and served as an MC throughout the state; after the U.S. became involved in World War II, he took a job in an ammunitions factory; continued to do MC work until 1960, after which he continued to perform in nursing homes.
From the guide to the William Lewis Papers, 1918-1947, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Dept. of Special Collections.)
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associatedWith | American Philosophical Society. |
associatedWith | Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 |
associatedWith | Dibner, Bern, |
associatedWith | Emmet, Thomas Addis |
associatedWith | Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island |
associatedWith | Jacobs, Paul |
associatedWith | Levin, Harry, 1912-1994 |
associatedWith | Lewis, Elsie |
associatedWith | Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852 |
associatedWith | Northumberland, Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of, 1715-1786. |
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Birth 1708
Death 1781
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