Lewis William Burton (November 9, 1852 - October 18, 1940) was Bishop of Lexington from 1896 to 1928.

He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity in 1896 from Kenyon College and from Sewanee: The University of the South, respectively.

In addition, he also earned an honorary Doctor of Laws from St John's College in 1917.,[1] Burton was ordained deacon on June 24, 1877, at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Gambier, Ohio and priest on May 15, 1878, in St Paul's Church, Cleveland, Ohio, both by the Bishop of Ohio, Gregory T.

[5] After the creation of the Diocese of Lexington in 1895, Burton was elected as its first bishop and was consecrated on January 30, 1896, by Bishop Thomas Underwood Dudley of Kentucky, in St Andrew's Church, Louisville, Kentucky.

[7] He died at his home in Lexington, Kentucky on October 18, 1940, after a long illness.