| Ernest Lewin | |
| Birth Date: | 7 April 1879 |
| Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
| Branch: | British Army |
| Serviceyears: | 1900–1938 1939–1941 |
| Rank: | Major General |
| Commands: | Portsmouth Area (1939–40) 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division (1935–38) Malaya Command (1934–35) |
| Battles: | First World War Second World War |
| Awards: | Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order |
Major General Ernest Ord Lewin, (7 April 1879 - 10 May 1950) was a senior British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding Malaya Command from 1934 to 1935.
Lewin was educated at Winchester College, for which he played cricket,[1] and King's College, Cambridge. He was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery as a second lieutenant on 26 May 1900, and was promoted to lieutenant on 9 April 1902. In his early career, he served as a Staff Officer in India and in the United Kingdom, before become an adjutant in 1914.[2]
Lewin served in the First World War as a General Staff Officer in France.[2] In 1918, during the North Russia intervention, he was chief of staff to Major-General Charles Maynard and served in the Murmansk area of Russia.[3]
In 1927 he was appointed Brigadier Royal Artillery at Aldershot Command and in 1934 he became General Officer Commanding Malaya Command.[2] He was made commander of the 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division in 1935 and retired in 1938.[2] He was re-employed during the Second World War as General Officer Commanding Portsmouth Area in 1939 and then as Major-General in Charge of Administration for Southern Command in 1940; he retired again in 1941.[2]
Lewin married and had one son and one daughter.[4]
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