Lewes, Charles (Sr.) (1740-1803)

Charles Lewes was the grandfather of George Henry Lewes and a famous comic actor of the London stage. He played Young Marlow in She Stoops to Conquer and Bobadil in Every Man in His Humour by Ben Jonson, among others. Lewes named his eldest son Charles Lee after him, and Lewes himself began his working life on the stage. He belongs in the gallery as the head of the Lewes family, the theatrical grandfather whose name and profession shaped the household Eliot joined.

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Charles (Sr.) Lewes (1740-1803), Lewes, Charles (Sr.) (1740-1803), Social Network Gallery, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed November 11, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/97209