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EVANS—EVANSON—EVE—EVELYN. he sailed for the West Indies; on his return from which station, in Oct. 1814, he joined the 36, Capt. Chas. John Austen. From June, 1815, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 28 April, 1821, Mr. Evans served, on the Newfoundland, Home, and African stations, in the 50, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, 36, Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, and  frigate, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Geo. Ralph Collier. He was then appointed to the command of the gun-brig; after a servitude of some months in which vessel he rejoined the. Quitting the latter ship in Sept. 1821, he remained unemployed until 21 Feb. 1826, when we find him appointed to the 120, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Moorsom at the Nore. He has been on half-pay since 1827.

 EVANS. 

was born 16 Oct. 1786.

This officer entered the Navy, in May, 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 36, Capts. Joseph Sydney Yorke and Hon. John Murray, on the Home station. In 1801 he became Midshipman of the 64, Capt. Rich. Dacres, whom he soon afterwards accompanied to the West Indies in the 36. Joining, in Sept. 1803, the 74, Capts. Edw. Griffith and Matthew Henry Scott, he served, as Master’s Mate, under the former officer, in Sir Robt. Calder’s action, 22 July, 1805; two years after which period he removed to the 74, Capt. Thos. Graves. In 1808 Mr. Evans rejoined Capt. Griffith on board the 74; and in the boats of that ship, on proceeding to the Mediterranean, he assisted in cutting out several vessels from Oneglia, on the coast of Italy. On 16 May, 1809, he was promoted, from the 98, flag-ship of Lord Collingwood, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the  110, Capt. Rich. John Neve. He was confirmed, 4 May following, into the 74, Capts. Hon. Henry Blackwood and Lord Jas. O’Bryen; and with those officers he successively served, chiefly on the Home station, nntil Nov. 1814. Since that period Lieut. Evans has been unemployed.

He married, 12 Aug. 1812, Clare Elizabeth, third daughter of the Rev. John Pennefather, Rector of St. John parish, in the diocese of Cashell, co. Tipperary, and sister of Lieut. W. W. Pennefather, R.N., by whom he has issue six children.

 EVANS. 

entered the Navy, 15 Sept. 1804, as Midshipman, on board a surveying vessel. Master Commander Seaton. He removed, in Oct. 1805, to the 28, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby, employed on Home service; and, from 1808 until 1811, served in the 38, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling,, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Gibbons, 40, Capts. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel and Sir Wm. Bolton, and again, on the Mediterranean and Channel stations. He became Acting-Lieutenant, 16 Nov. 1812, of the 16, Capt. Chas. Hope Watson, in the West Indies; and, being officially promoted, 28 May, 1813, was next appointed, 11 April, 1814, to the 14, Capt. Geo. Brine. After an intermediate servitude off the coast of Norway and in the Channel, Mr. Evans was paid off in Sept. 1815; and since that period he has not been afloat. – Hallett and Robinson.

 EVANSON. 

has lost a brother in the army and another at sea.

This officer entered the Navy, 8 July, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, on the Home station, where he became Midshipman, in Feb. 1811, of the  98, flag-ship of Sir Harry Burrard Neale. From March, 1812, until Oct. 1814, he next served, off the coasts of France and North America, in the 74, and  38, both commanded by Capt. Sam. Pym. He subsequently, in the 74, bearing the flag of Sir P. Malcolm, co-operated in the attack upon New Orleans. Obtaining his commission 13 June, 1815, Mr. Evanson, on 5 Oct. in the same year, joined the 20, Capt. John Lake, but, invaliding 29 Dec. following, remained unemployed until appointed to the Coast Guard in July, 1820. In the ensuing Sept. he ppears to have received a gun-shot wound in the knee during an affray with a smuggler off Kinsale. He was superseded, after having been for 21 years employed as an Inspecting-Commander, in 1843, and has since been on half-pay.

Lieut. Evanson married, 15 March, 1821, Emily, eldest daughter of the late Counsellor Connell, of the city of Cork, by whom he has issue four sons and six daughters.

 EVE. 

entered the Navy 16 June, 1808; and obtained his commission 13 July, 1824. He has not since been employed.

He married, 29 June, 1830, Harriet, fifth daughter of C. Tomson, Esq., of Breach Luton, co. Bedford.

 EVELYN. 

was born 7 June, 1783, at Barbadoes.

This officer entered the Navy, 8 Dec. 1797, as Midshipman, on board the 12, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Wood Senhouse, in the boats of which vessel he appears to have been wonnded while boarding, 1 May, 1798, the French privateer La Mutine, of 6 guns and 44 men, under the batteries of St. Bartholomew. After the surrender of the Dutch colony of Surinam, in Aug. 1799, he removed to the 18, Capts. Christopher Cole and Robt. Tucker; and previously to the detention of that vessel by the Dutch at Curaçao, in 1603, he assisted at the cutting out and capture of more than 100 of the enemy’s armed and other vessels – was on one occasion taken prisoner – and succeeded, while in charge of a prize privateer, in re-taking and carrying into port, with only 5 men, an American schooner, within sight of her original captor. On the exchange of the ’s crew, Mr. Evelyn, in March, 1804, joined the 40, Capt. John Nash, of which frigate we find him created an Acting-Lieutenant 5 May following. Being officially promoted, on 30 Aug. in the same year, into the 18, Capt. Henry Vaughan, he subsequently assumed command, 2 Jan. 1805, and 8 Feb. 1809, of  and  brigs, of 12 and 16 guns. In the former vessel, besides contributing; to the reduction of the islands of St. Thomas, Ste. Croix, and Marie-galante, he encountered, in 1807, and, having first re-captured her prize, brought to close action, a large three-masted French schooner privateer, La Félicite, which vessel, however, after occasioning the British a loss of 1 man killed and 4, including Mr. Evelyn, wounded, effected her escape by superiority of sailing. In the he assisted at the capture of Martinique, the Salutes, and Guadeloupe. Invaliding, in Oct. 1812, he remained on shore until appointed, 25 July, 1815, to the 74, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham, by whom, in the following Aug., he was intrusted with the charge of all the boats employed in landing the troops during the expedition against Guadeloupe. He left the in Dec. 1815, and has not since been afloat.

In March, 1816, Lieut. Evelyn was presented by the merchants and shipowners of Barbadoes with a piece of plate, valued at 100 guineas, in testimony of the high sense they entertained of the marked attention he had uniformly paid to their interests when in command of the vessels above named. This officer (who, during the 10 months immediately subsequent on the reduction of the Saintes, had officiated as Governor of those islands) has been a Magistrate since 1822, Harbour-Master since 1827, Captain of the Port since 1832, and Quarantine Officer since 1837, at Barbadoes. He married,