Lewis Henry Isaacs

Lewis Henry Isaacs (1830 - 17 October 1908) was an architect and politician.

Born in Lancaster, he moved to London to train as an architect. From the early 1850s he designed a number of buildings including Holborn Town Hall, Holborn Viaduct Station and Hotel, the Hotel Victoria, the Carlton Hotel, the Coburg Hotel, Paddington Baths and Wash Houses and the East Library and classrooms at Gray's Inn.

Throughout the existence of the Holborn District Board of Works, from 1856-1900, he was the board's surveyor. From 1868 - 1899 he was also surveyor the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn.

He was a founder member of the 40th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps, rising to the rank of major by the end of 30 years service.

At the 1885 general election he became Conservative Party member of Parliament for Walworth. He held the seat at the 1886 election but was unseated in 1892.

He entered local politics in Kensington as a member of the vestry in 1885, becoming an alderman on the successor Kensington Borough Council in 1900. He served two successive terms as Mayor of Kensington in 1902-03 and 1903-04.

He died suddenly of a heart attack in Bayswater aged 78, and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.