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He became [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Grampound (UK Parliament constituency)|Grampound]] from 1796 to 1802 and spoke in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] on behalf of the West Indian Planters interest. In May 1797, he argued that it would be economically impossible to [[abolitionism|abolish]] [[slavery]]. In April and May 1798 he spoke against the abolitionist [[William Smith (abolitionist)|William Smith]]'s proposal to provide minimum space for enslaved [[Ethnic groups of Africa|Africans]] on slave ships. He rejected a minimum of {{convert|40|cuft|m3}} arguing that ''"negroes prefer being herded together"''.<ref>''Monk Lewis'' by David Lorne Macdonald, University of Toronto Press, 2000, p49</ref>
He was an uncle of [[Matthew Lewis (writer)|"Monk" Lewis]]. He also brought up William Henry, who adopted the name William Henry Sewell and became a [[general]] in the [[British Army]].
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