A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lewis, Henry (a)
LEWIS. (Lieutenant, 1810. f-p., 13; h-p., 33.)
Henry Lewis (a) entered the Navy, 24 Sept. 1801, as A.B., on board the Diana 38, Capts. John Poo Beresford and Thos. Jas. Maling, of which frigate, successively stationed in the Mediterranean, Channel, and West Indies, he became Midshipman in the following Oct., and Master’s Mate in May, 1805. On 3 Feb. 1806, being at the time prizemaster on board a detained American brig, he had the misfortune to be taken prisoner by a French privateer off the Scilly islands, and carried to France. He effected his escape in Dec. 1809, and, attaining the rank of Lieutenant 10 Feb. 1810, was Afterwards appointed in that capacity – in the course of the same month, to the Resolution 74, Capt. Hardy, stationed in the Baltic – 12 Jan. 1811, to the Conquestador 74, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, with whom he was for two years employed in the North Sea and Channel – and, 8 Oct. 1813, to the Orontes 36, Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane. In the latter ship he served on the Irish and West India stations, and again in the Channel, until Sept. 1815. He has since been on half-pay.