Background
COWARD, John Charles Lewis was born in 1852. Son of Reverend J. H. Coward, Rector of St. Peter le Poer, London, and minor canon of St. Paul’s Cathedral, and Olivia, daughter of Captain Robert Lewis, Royal Navy.
COWARD, John Charles Lewis was born in 1852. Son of Reverend J. H. Coward, Rector of St. Peter le Poer, London, and minor canon of St. Paul’s Cathedral, and Olivia, daughter of Captain Robert Lewis, Royal Navy.
Studied at St. Paul’s School. Corpus Christi College Cambridge. Exhibitioner and Mawson Scholar, 1871.
Prizeman, 1874.; Master of Arts.
Barrister Gray’s Inn, 1877. Bencher, 1891; Treasurer, 1898. Member of Council of Legal Education, 1892.
Member of the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting, 1898. King’s Counsel 1901; Cam.; Recorder of Folkestone since 1886.
Clubs: Athenaeum, Carlton, Ranelagh.
Shooting, bicycling, riding.