Lewes, Herbert "Bertie" Arthur (1846-1875)

The youngest son of George Henry Lewes, Herbert 'Bertie' Lewes attended school in Switzerland in 1857, a year after his brothers set out to the same school. He returned to practice farming in Scotland before following his brother Thornton, 'Thornie,' to Natal, Africa, to farm. In 1869, Thornie returned to England with fatal spinal meningitis, but Bertie continued to eke out a living in Natal. In 1871, Bertie married Eliza Harrison, the daughter of another Englishman, and the couple had two children, George and Marian. Shortly after the birth of George, in 1875, Bertie died of tuberculosis, which he contracted while living in Africa.

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Herbert Lewes to GHL and GE, Hofwyl, 21 November 1859
Herbert Arthur Lewes to GE, Wakkerstroom, 23 December 1870
Herbert Arthur Lewes to GHL, Wakkerstroom, 6 May [1871]
Herbert Arthur Lewes to GHL, Sandfontein, 14 June 1871
Herbert Arthur Lewes to GHL, Newcastle, 15 December 1871
Herbert Arthur Lewes to GHL, Newcastle, 10 August 1873
Herbert Arthur Lewes to GHL, Newcastle, 29 October 1873
Herbert Arthur Lewes to GHL, Belfast, 13 September 1874
Herbert Arthur Lewes to GHL, Belfast and Newcastle, 9 - 14 November 1874
Herbert Arthur Lewes to GHL, Belfast, 29 March 1875
Herbert Arthur Lewes to GHL, Durban, [17 May] 1875
Herbert Arthur Lewes to GHL, Durban, [24? June 1875]

Herbert "Bertie" Arthur Lewes (1846-1875), Lewes, Herbert "Bertie" Arthur (1846-1875), Social Network Gallery, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed November 11, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/97204