Lewy Pattinson

Lewy Miall Pattinson was born to parents Wiliam Pattinson and Annie Sinclair on 10 March 1852 in Hexham, England. He had three siblings William, Matthew and Annie. Pattinson married Mary Jane Parker in July 1887 in Tynemouth, England.

Pattinson had a background in engineering with the family company Pattinson and Davison, but later gained exposure to the pharmaceutical industry through his brother William, which led him to explore opportunities in this field in Sydney, Australia which he visited in 1881. He bought "Hexham" at Abbotsford in 1900.

Lewy Pattinson was known for his community and charitable donations. He donated the L. M. Pattinson Aerial Ambulance which was the first aeroplane in the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

The Lewy Miall Pattinson Scholarship was founded in 1943 by a gift of £5000 from Pattinson and supplemented by a bequest of an additional sum of £5,000 on his death in January 1944, for the encouragement of the study of pharmaceutical science at the University of Sydney.

There is a street named - Pattinson Crescent - in the suburb of Flynn, Australian Capital Territory.