Louis T. Leonowens

Louis Thomas Gunnis Leonowens (25 October 1856 – 17 February 1919) was a British subject who grew up and worked in Siam (Thailand). He was the son of Anna Leonowens, famous as a tutor of King Mongkut. Leonowens later served as an officer with the Siamese Royal Cavalry and founded a Thai trading company that still bears his name, Louis T. Leonowens Ltd. He was the basis of a major character in the 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam, as well as other fictional works based on it.

Louis T. Leonowens

Louis Thomas Gunnis Leonowens (25 October 1856 – 17 February 1919) was a British subject who grew up and worked in Siam (Thailand). He was the son of Anna Leonowens, famous as a tutor of King Mongkut. Leonowens later served as an officer with the Siamese Royal Cavalry and founded a Thai trading company that still bears his name, Louis T. Leonowens Ltd. He was the basis of a major character in the 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam, as well as other fictional works based on it.