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Stakesby LEWIS was the third son of John Henry Lewis (1865–1927) and Anna Cecilia Maria Fouché (1867–1952), and one of many grandsons of John Stakesby Lewis (1838–1898) and Isabella Thorne (d. 1898). Stakesby Lewis added his given name to his surname in 1949 to distinguish him from other namesakes; this compound surname STAKESBY-LEWIS was then also passed on to that of his wife, and in 1953 to that of her two resident children (The Story of a drummer boy and his family. A Lewis family history, Johannesburg, unpublished document and P Lewis, Put more into life than you expect to take out, Johannesburg, unpublished document in the Patrick Lewis Papers collection, 1949-1987, a1132, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg). Lewis was a member of the TPIA and living in Johannesburg in 1927. In 1938 he set up a joint practice with Eleanor FERGUSON, he becoming then her third husband. They shared an interest in Theosophy. She worked under her maiden name as the principal designer and he as the builder. They were joined by Conrad SAYCE in 1948, its joint office was then in the modern Washington House. The expansion of the firm was presumably prompted by their increasing social activities for the Theosophical Society. There is a letterhead dated 28th July, 1948 where he was in the partnership FERGUSON, STAKESBY-LEWIS, & SAYCE. In 1959 he is recorded as an absent salaried member of the Transvaal Institute, of address 46 NEM House, Salisbury (now Harare), Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). It is further recorded that in 1953 he took over from Eleanor FERGUSON's (his wife) role as leader of the Theosophical Society there when they moved to Salisbury (now Harare) in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and continued their work in building up the Society in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (Theosophy World). In 1969 he is recorded as a retired member of the TIA of address 25 Tekels Park, Camberley, Surrey, England, UK. (ISAA mem list) the All truncated references not fully cited in 'References' are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. References
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