Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge

The Headmaster of Malvern College, Tom Gaunt, had promised Lewis a
position after his graduation in 1947. Lewis decided to defer the offer and
temporarily leave gloomy and cold post-war Britain for the sun of East Africa,
where he spent three terms teaching European boys at The Prince of Wales
School in Nairobi. In 1948 Lewis returned to Malvern to teach Classics and
English. He took an active part in the community, singing in the choir, playing
the timpani in the orchestra and contributing with his acting skills to school
productions. Lewis rose in the hierarchy to become the Housemaster of
School House at Malvern, but after some years he had to give up the position
because of the leg injury he sustained during the war.
Lewis had invited Betty Dean to be his date at a King’s May Ball, and she
became his wife in 1949.They were to have three children and eventually a
large number of grandchildren.Together with Betty, Lewis decided to return
to Africa once more in 1966 when it felt the right time to move on from
Malvern. Lewis became an Assistant Master at the King’s College Budo in
Uganda, teaching English. The family remained in Africa until 1971, when
they moved to Newport, Pembrokeshire, a town they had first encountered
whilst on holiday. Lewis ran “The Bookshop” there with great enjoyment
and some modest success until his final retirement in 1987. At Newport he
also served asTreasurer to the Mayor’s Committee and on the local Chamber
of Trade.
Lewis and Betty spent their retirement living in Wiltshire, firstly at Pewsey,
then Salisbury and finally Shrewton, taking care of each other and with great
pleasure seeing their 11 grandchildren grow up. In 1999 they were able to
celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary surrounded by their three children
and their spouses in the same Connemara hotel where they had stayed during
their 1949 honeymoon.
Lewis died on 14 June 2005 and is survived by his wife and three children.
His funeral service was held at Salisbury Cathedral where he had occasionally
served as a reader during his last years.
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