Sir John Henry James Lewis, OBE (born 1940) is a British businessman, solicitor and charity executive. He has been chairman of Photo-Me International since 2010 and the Attingham Trust since 1990.
Born in 1940, Lewis is the son of Leonard Lewis, QC, and his wife Rita. [1] He attended the independent boarding school Shrewsbury School and then University College London, graduating from the latter with a law degree. [1]
Lewis was admitted a solicitor in 1966; [1] he became a partner at Lewis Lewis and Co., which merged with Jacques and Co. to form Lewis and Jacques before merging finally in 1995 into Eversheds, [2] [3] where Lewis was a consultant between 1995 and 2020. [1] Lewis was also chairman of Cliveden Plc between 1984 and 2002, and has been chairman of Photo-Me International since 2010, [1] having joined its board of directors in 2008. [4]
Lewis served on the British Tourist Authority's board in the 1990s. [1] He has been chairman of the Attingham Trust since 1990 and the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association since 2013. [1] He chaired the Wallace Collection between 1997 and 2004, and the Hertford House Trust for ten years until 2014, [1] and has been a trustee for a number of charitable foundations relating to art and the preservation of historic buildings or gardens. [1]
Lewis was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2004 for "services to Arts" in connection with work with the Wallace Collection. [5] He was knighted in the 2019 New Year Honours for "services to the Arts and Philanthropy". [6]