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Biography
Admiral Sir Andrew Mackenzie Lewis KCB JP (1918–1993) was Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command.
Naval career
Lewis joined the Royal Navy and fought in World War II being mentioned in despatches for his service in HMS Ashanti.
He was appointed Director-General, Weapons (Naval) at the Ministry of Defence in 1965 and Flag Officer, Flotillas for the Western Fleet in 1968. He went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel in 1970 and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command in 1972; he retired in 1974.
In retirement he became Chairman of the Essex Water Company, later Essex and Suffolk Water Company. Between 1976 and 1977 he was Chairman of the Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785 (United 1889).
Lewis was also Lord Lieutenant of Essex from 1978 to 1992. He died in 1993.
Family
In 1943 he married Rachel Elizabeth Leatham(died 1983): their elder son is the Very Reverend Christopher Lewis, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and their younger son, David, is a shipbroker.