Lewis Glass
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Lewis Edward Glass MBE (born 6 April, 1948–19 February, 2019) was a Tristanian politician who served as Tristan da Cunha's Chief Islander (1991–1994)[1]
He was awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1995, Colonial Special Constabulary Medal in 2010 and both the Queens Golden Jubilee and Queens Diamond Jubilee Medals.[2][3]
Family
[edit | edit source]Glass was born on 6 April 1948 to Godfrey Glass and Cathleen(Green).[4] His father was the son of Robert Franklin Glass, son of Thomas Jordan Glass, a casualty of the 1885 Tristan da Cunha lifeboat disaster, and son of the islands founder William Glass.[4]
Glass is the cousin of Albert Glass, Conrad Glass, James Glass and Anne Green former Chief Islanders.[5]
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