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Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Bt

(1806-1863), Liberal politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer and editor of the Edinburgh Review; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery

Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 10 portraits
Entering Parliament as a Liberal in 1847, George Cornewall Lewis served as Chancellor of the Exchequer (1855-8), Home Secretary (1859-61) and Secretary of War (1861-3). He was the author of An Essay on the Origin and Formation of the Romance Languages (1835), Enquiry into the Credibility of the Early Roman History (1855) and An Historical Survey of the Astronomy of the Ancients (1862). As editor of the Edinburgh Review from 1852 until 1855 he contributed many articles to the publication.

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Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Bt
by George Richmond
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Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Bt
by Herbert Watkins
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Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Bt
by Herbert Watkins
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Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Bt
by Leonida Caldesi
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Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Bt
by John Watkins
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Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Bt
by John Watkins
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Statue of Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Bt
by Camille Silvy, after Carlo Marochetti
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The House of Commons, 1860
by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after John Phillip
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