Lewis "Kensington Lewis" Kensington Solomon
Abt 1790 - 1854 (64 years)
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Name Lewis "Kensington Lewis" Kensington Solomon [1] Born Abt 1790 Kensington 
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Occupation1814 [2] Occupation1824 [3] Residence 1841 18 Stratford-place, London [4] Residence Abt 1847 Buought "Pall Mall House" (Property of the 2nd Duke of Buckingham) [5] Residence 1851 18 Stratford-place, London [6] Residence Bef 04 Nov 1854 18 Stratford-place, London [7] Died 03 Nov 1854 St. Thomas, Devon [8] Buried 07 Nov 1854 St. Michael and All Angels, Heavitree, Exeter, Devon [9] Person ID I00857 Eliots of Port Eliot Last Modified 16 Jun 2021
Father Samuel Solomon, d. Bef 24 Apr 1822 Family ID F00005 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Wife Harriet Sara Samo, b. Abt 1790, London, Middlesex , d. 24 Jun 1860 (Age 70 years) Married17 Aug 1811 St. George, Hanover Square, London [10] Children 1. Harriet Mary Lewis, b. Bef 17 Aug 1813, d. Between Jan and Mar 1882, Kensington, London 2. Alfred St. George Lewis, b. Bef 03 Sep 1814 3. Waller Augustus Lewis, b. Bef 20 Jan 1816, London , d. 08 Sep 1882, Crown Hotel, Whitby, York (Age > 66 years)4. Kensington Harold Lewis, b. Bef 10 Jan 1818, d. 11 Sep 1869, Chessington House, Clapham, Surrey (Age > 51 years)5. Julia Fanny Lewis, b. Bef 30 Jan 1819, Westminster, London , d. 01 May 1890, 1 Bolingbroke-Road, London (Age > 71 years)6. Silver Louisa Josephine Lewis, b. Bef 28 Feb 1821, London, Middlesex , d. 01 Apr 1906, Inglenook, 14 Morton-Hall Road, Wimbledon (Age > 85 years)7. William James Lewis, b. Bef 12 Oct 1822, London, Middlesex , d. 16 Mar 1876 (Age > 53 years)8. Sydney Georgiana Lewis, b. 24 May 1824, d. Bef 11 Jun 1825 (Age < 1 years) 9. Isabella Lewis, b. Bef 01 Apr 1826, d. Between Oct and Dec 1889, Kensington, London 10. Frederica Lewis, b. Bef 27 Oct 1827, London, Middlesex Last Modified 16 Jun 2021 Family ID F00088 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes
He was a renowned Silversmith.
--- "London Daily News" Thursday, 03 Nov 1853, page 3:
PUBLIC SALES
Nov. 2--- By Messrs. Chinnock and Galsworthy, at the Mart.---
A leasehold residence, with coach-house and stabling, No. 18, Stratford-place, Cavendish-square, late the property of Mr. Kensington Lewis, held on lease, renewable perpetually upon payment of a fine of 56l., ground rent 26l., annual value, 200l. --- sold privately for 2,800l.
--- "Derby Mercury" Wednesday, 27 Sep 1854, page 8:
A two hundred thousand pounds debtor applied to the insolvent-court, Exeter, for his discharge from the sheriff's ward. His name was Kensington Lewis; he was described as "a gentleman," and his age was seventy-one. His balance sheet commenced in 1845, and his receipts up to this period amount to over 200,00l. The debts amounted to 95,253l. 14s. 5d., of which 14,603l. 1s. 4d. had been contracted without any consideration being received. He was in the habit of insuring the lives of persons, but they always failed to pay up the premiums, and the insurances consequently lapsed. An order was made for his immediate discharge.
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Sources - "Regional Furniture" 2009, White Rose Research Online, Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York.
- Scan of Alfred St. George Lewis' Baptism Record.
- Scan of Sydney Georgiana's Christening Record (Westminster, Piccadilly St James, 1824, Page 29 of 56).
- 1841 England Census (Middlesex, St Marylebone, Rectory, District 10, Page 9 of 38).
- "A Genius for Money" by Caroline Dakers, Yale University Press, 2012.
- "1851 England Census" (Middlesex, St Marylebone, Rectory, District 1, Page 15 of 82).
- "Reading Mercury" Saturday, 04 Nov 1854, Page 3 of 8.
- [S00004] FMP Parish Records Collection, www.findmypast.co.uk, (Transcriptions of Parish Christenings, Marriages and Burials).
- Scan of Original Burial Record.
- Scan of original Marriage Record(Westminster, St George Hanover Square, 1811, Page 41 of 63).
- "Regional Furniture" 2009, White Rose Research Online, Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York.