William Lewis Thomas [SEP] date of death
William Lewis Thomas
William Lewis Thomas (30 June 1913 – 1 February 1995 (aged 81)) born in Ystradgynlais, was a Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Ystradgynlais RFC and Neath RFC, as a Scrum-half, and club level rugby league (RL) for Ystradgynlais RLFC. He captained Ystradgynlais RFC in 1937/38, and played for Neath RFC between the years of 1938 and 1941, and then for a further
William Lewis (Australian politician)
William Lewis JP (23 April 1818 – 12 April 1895) was a businessman and politician in South Australia.
History.
He was born in Tredegar, Cornwall, the only surviving son of Rev. Lewis, and at age 14 was forced by the death of his father to abandon studies for the ministry and find employment as a lawyer's clerk, as a stationer in London, then as a bailiff for his cousin Sep. Lewis in Wales. In 1853 he emigrated to South Australia