Richard Ross-Lewin

The Ven Richard Sargint Sadler Ross-Lewin (17 August 1848 – 25 February 1922) was an Irish Anglican priest and poet.

[1] Originally from County Clare, Ross-Lewin attended school in Bristol, then served as a clerk in the Royal Navy from 1864 to 1873.

[1] He studied at Hatfield Hall, Durham, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1876, and took holy orders the following year.

[1] Fond of military history, he spent much of his spare time studying engagements at which Irish regiments took part, particularly if it involved either the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars or the Connaught Rangers.

[1][4] He published two collections of poetry: West Briton, 1907; and, with his brother George, an assortment of war poems, In Britain's Need, 1917.