Watkin Lewes

Sir Watkin Lewes (c. 1740 – 13 July 1821) was a Welsh merchant and politician who served as Lord Mayor of London in 1780.

He was educated at Shrewsbury School and at Magdalene College, Cambridge, from which he graduated in 1763.

[3] He took a keen interest in the history and literature of Wales and was elected the second president (Llywydd) of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion.

He died in a coffeehouse on Ludgate Hill, which was situated within the boundaries of the Fleet Prison where he had been imprisoned for debt.

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