Sir William Thomas Lewis (1837-1914)

William Thomas Lewis was a coalowner in the South Wales coalfield. He was created first Baron Merthyr of Senghenydd in 1911. He was churchwarden at the Church of St John the Baptist, Aberdare, and commissioned windows there and nearby at the Church of St Elvan, as well as at Llandaff Cathedral, Merthyr Tydfil, Pontypridd and St Issells in Pembrokeshire, where he owned Hean Castle.

Dictionary of Welsh Biography

Further reading

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), pp. 158–9.

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	'Give us this day our daily bread' firm/studio: Robert J. Newbery donor: William Thomas Lewis 1896 Church of St Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil west wall of the nave (baptistry)
	The Parable of the Talents and Christ with Mary and Martha firm/studio: Robert J. Newbery donor: William Thomas Lewis 1900 Church of St Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil north wall of the nave
	Women Performing Acts of Mercy firm/studio: Robert J. Newbery patron: William Thomas Lewis about 1902 Church of St Elvan, Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff north wall
	Christ with the Virgin Mary and St John firm/studio: Robert J. Newbery donor: William Thomas Lewis 1902 Church of St Issell, St Issells, Pembrokeshire east wall of the chancel
	Christ Meeting the Centurion of Capernaum and St Martin Dividing his Cloak firm/studio: Robert J. Newbery donor: William Thomas Lewis 1910 Church of St Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil north wall of the nave
	Women of the Bible firm/studio: Robert J. Newbery patron: William Thomas Lewis 1911 Church of St Elvan, Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff west wall of the south aisle
	The Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard firm/studio: Robert J. Newbery patron: William Thomas Lewis 1913 Church of St Elvan, Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff north wall

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