A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lewis, William (b)
LEWIS. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
William Lewis (b) entered the Navy 5 Dec. 1810; passed his examination in 1817; and was promoted, 18 Oct. 1826, into the Menai 26, Capt. Houston Stewart, on the Halifax station, whence he returned to England and was paid off in the following Dec. On 18 Nov. 1833 he became Additional Lieutenant of the Britannia 120, bearing the flag of Sir Josias Rowley in the Mediterranean; and be was lastly, from 10 July, 1834, until the early part of 1837, employed on that station in the Thunderer 84, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise.