Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Lewis, George Cornewall, Sir
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
2nd Baronet
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1806-1863
History
Sir George Cornewall Lewis was a British statesman and man of letters. He is best known for preserving neutrality in 1862 when the British cabinet debated intervention in the American Civil War