Basutoland: Parents of Arthur Hamilton Lewis (1901-1980)

[tahr]

I'm trying to find the parents of Arthur Hamilton Lewis. He was born 16th September 1901 in Maseru, Basutoland, died 23rd August 1980 in Devon, England and as luck would have it he actually has his own Wikipedia page as he was a county-level cricket player in England. Can anyone find a birth record for him with his parents listed? Thanks

[ShaunJ]

Have you looked in the 1911 census for other Lewis children born in Basutoland?

This family looks to be of interest: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWD7-1SK

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[ShaunJ]

More circumstantial evidence:

This is from the Somerset Standard of 1 December 1916 (page 5)

[rosie99]

Welcome to rootschat

Marriage for the couple that Shaun has found.
Marriages Sep qtr 1898 
Bell    Gertrude Charlotte       
Lewis    Alfred       
Medway    2a   1220   

It would appear that Arthur Hamilton Lewis is in boarding school in Broadstairs in 1911

Birth registration for son of Gertrude and Alfred who is with them in 1911
LEWIS, JOHN  VINCENT     mmn BELL 
1907  June Quarter in KINGSTON  Volume 02A  Page 443

[Christine53]

Probate for Rev Alfred Lewis of Angene Nursing Home Winchester dated 1 May 1948 to Arthur Hamilton Lewis , schoolmaster.

[Christine53]

Possible marriage :

Arthur Hamilton Lewis
29
Schoolmaster
19  Aug 1930
St Laurence Reading
Mary Perceval Newhouse
28
Groom's father Alfred Lewis
Bride's father Robert Perceval Newhouse

[Christine53]

Rev A Lewis
Mrs G Lewis
Miss G Lewis   ( born Natal )
Master A Lewis ( born Natal )

arrived London , SS Inkonka  , 01/06/1906 from Durban.