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