The ”’Lewis baronetcy”’, of [[Ledstone]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], was created in the [[Baronetage of England]] on 15 October 1660 for John Lewis. The title became extinct on his death in 1671, without male heir.<ref name=”Cokayne”>{{cite book |last1=Cokayne |first1=George Edward |title=Complete Baronetage |date=1903 |publisher=W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. |location=Exeter |page=126 |volume=III |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524390/page/n145/mode/1up}}</ref>
The ”’Lewis baronetcy”’, of [[Ledstone]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], was created in the [[Baronetage of England]] on 15 October 1660 for John Lewis. The title became extinct on his death in 1671, without male heir.<ref name=”Cokayne”>{{cite book |last1=Cokayne |first1=George Edward |title=Complete Baronetage |date=1903 |publisher=W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. |location=Exeter |page=126 |volume=III |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524390/page/n145/mode/1up}}</ref>
Lewis was an East Indies merchant. He bought the Ledston estate, and [[Ledston Hall]] from [[William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford]] in 1653.<ref name=”Cokayne”/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Atkinson |first1=Philippa |title=The History of Ledston Estate |url=https://www.whelerfoundation.co.uk/history/ |website=Wheler Foundation}}</ref> His daughter Elizabeth Lewis (1654–1688) married in 1672 [[Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon]], and was mother of [[Lady Elizabeth Hastings]].<ref>{{cite ODNB|title=Hastings, Theophilus, seventh earl of Huntingdon (1650–1701)|first=Catherine F.|last=Patterson|id=12583}}</ref>
Lewis was an East Indies merchant. He bought the Ledston estate, and [[Ledston Hall]] from [[William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford]] in 1653.<ref name=”Cokayne”/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Atkinson |first1=Philippa |title=The History of Ledston Estate |url=https://www.whelerfoundation.co.uk/history/ |website=Wheler Foundation}}</ref>
[[File:Ledston Hall – Ledston – geograph.org.uk – 1634326.jpg|thumb|Ledston Hall, 1999 photograph]]
[[File:Ledston Hall – Ledston – geograph.org.uk – 1634326.jpg|thumb|Ledston Hall, 1999 photograph]]
Lewis married Sarah Foote, daughter of [[Thomas Foote]].<ref name=”Cokayne”/> Their daughter Elizabeth Lewis (1654–1688) married in 1672 [[Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon]], and was mother of [[Lady Elizabeth Hastings]].<ref>{{cite ODNB|title=Hastings, Theophilus, seventh earl of Huntingdon (1650–1701)|first=Catherine F.|last=Patterson|id=12583}}</ref>
==Lewis baronets, of Ledstone (1660)==
==Lewis baronets, of Ledstone (1660)==
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The Lewis baronetcy, of Ledstone in the West Riding of Yorkshire, was created in the Baronetage of England on 15 October 1660 for John Lewis. The title became extinct on his death in 1671, without male heir.[1]
Lewis was an East Indies merchant. He bought the Ledston estate, and Ledston Hall from William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford in 1653.[1][2]
Lewis married Sarah Foote, daughter of Thomas Foote.[1] Their daughter Elizabeth Lewis (1654–1688) married in 1672 Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon, and was mother of Lady Elizabeth Hastings.[3]
Lewis baronets, of Ledstone (1660)
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- Sir John Lewis, 1st Baronet (c. 1615–1671)[1]
