Page:Dod's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage etc. of Great Britain and Ireland.djvu/749

 699 KNIGHTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE lEVE K.C. 1901 ; bencher 1908 ; solicitor-gen. 1908-10 ; M.P. Mid-Glamorganshire 1890-1910 ; recorder of Swansea 1906-8 ; J.P., Glamorgan, Brecon and Pembroke ; hon. freeman of the boroughs of Swansea and Neath ; hon. LL.D. Wales 1909 ; pres. of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty div. in the High Courts of Justice since 1910. Residences — 11, Lancaster Gate, W. ; 9, Sussex Square, Brighton. Clubs--— Athenseum ; Reform ; Bjth : United Service. Issue — Horace Evans, b. 16 Jan. 1889. (Gwendolen Margaret. EVANS, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1 9 1 1.— Sir Arthur John Evans, eldest s. of Sir John Evans, K.C.B., LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., a distinguished antiquary and geologist, and his first wife, Harriet Ann, dau. of J. Dickinson, F.R.S., of Abbotts Hill, Herts. B. at Nash Mills, Abbot's Langley, Hertfordsliire, 8 July, 1851 ; m. 19 Sept. 1878, Margaret (d. 1893), dau. of late Prof. E. A. Freeman, D.C.L., LL.D., Reg. Prof, of Modern History at Oxford ; ed. at Harrow and Oxford (fell. B.N.C. 1895) ; a distinguished traveller and archpeologist ; has carried out important archaeological investi- gations, among many others the excavation of the prehistoric palace of Knossos ; keeper of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford since 1884, hon. keeper since 1909 ; hon. LL.D. Edin., D.Litt. Dublin, M.A., D.Litt. Oxford, F.R.S., F.B.A., Pres. F.S.A. ; pres. of the Hellenic Soc. ; correspondent of the Institute of France, etc. ; Royal Gold Medallist R.I.B.A. 1909. Residence — — Youlbury, near Oxford. Clubs — Athenasum ; Royal Societies'. EVANS, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1906.— Sir Ed- ward Evans, s. of late Edward Evans, J. P., D.L., of Bronwylfa, Denbighshire, High Sheriff Denbigh 189-1:, and Margaret, dau. of Robert Paterson, J. P., of Nunfield and Brocklehirst, Dunfriesshire. B. at Birkenhead 26 June, 1846 ; m. 26 ilay, 1869, Martha, dau. of William Nevett, Marton, Salop ; ed. at Wallace Hall School, Dumfriesshire, and privately ; is a manufacturing chemist in Liverpool ; chrmn. of committee of National Liberal Federation for 21 years; J. P., Cheshire. Residence— Spital Old Hall, Spital, Cheshire. Clubs — Reform ; National Liberal. Issue — 2. Edward Nevett Evans, b. Aug. 1876 ; m. 1905, Beatrice Ada, Jdau. of Kcv. F. Backwell, vicar of Jfewington, Folkestone. Residence — Premier Jline, 1. John :N"evett Evans, b. Dec. 1874 ; m. Ethel, dau. of F. Langhorne. 1. Gertrude Hilary Xcvett. 2. JIargar(>t Nevett. 3. Rose Eveline Nevett, m. 1901, Lieut.-Col. Fred- crick Vornon Home, Lanes Fus., and has issue. EVANS, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1909.— Sir E. Vincent Evans, s. of late Lewis Evans, formerly of Tynllyn, Merioneth. B. at Celynin, Merioneth ; m. Annie (d. 1898), dau. of Thomas Beale, of Oxford ; is a memb. of council, editor, and hon. sec. of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion and the Cymmrodorion Record Series Fund ; hon. sec. and editor of the publications of the Nat. Eisteddfod Assocn. since 1881 ; memb. council and gov. of the Nat. Museum for Wales (Cardiff) ; memb. of council and a gov. Nat. Library for Wales ; gov. Univ. of Wales ; memb. council and gov. Univ. Coll. of N. Wales (Bangor), and Univ. Coll of Wales (Aberystwyth) ; chrmn. exec, and hon. treas. London Welsh Charitable Aid Soc. ; ex-pres. L'nion of London Welsh Literary Societies ; hon. treas. Celtic Assocn. ; memb. roy. commn. on Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, and of the loyal commn. on Public Records ; chrmn. of Advis. Board on Ancient Monuments (Wales) ; J. P. Merioneth ; was joint sec. of the National Eisteddfod of Wales held in London 1887, when King Edward and Queen Alexandra (then Prince and Princess of Wales) first honoured the Eisteddfod with their presence, and chrmn. of the exec. com. of the Nat. Eisteddfod of Wales held in London 1909. Residences — 64, Chancery Lane, W.C. ; TrawsfJ^lydd, Merioneth. Clubs — Devonshire ; National Liberal ; Savage. Golf club — Walton Heath. Issue — Li'wis Noel Vincent, b. 18. Gladys Annie Ellen, m. 18, John Clark. EVANS, K.C.M.G. Creat. 1908 ; K.C.V.O. 1912 ; C.V.O. 190.3 ; C.M.G. 1881.— Sir Frede- rick Evans, s. of late W. F. Evans, of the Ad- miralty. B. 1849 ; m. 1st, 1886, Susan W. (d. 1889), dau. of late James Hunt, of Surbiton, Surrey ; m. 2nd, 1891, Ellenwood, daii. of late W. W. Heath, of Antigua ; assist, col. sec. Sierra Leone 1878 ; col. sec. and administr. Lagos 1886 ; coL sec. Gold Coast 1888 ; Leeward Isles, etc. 1883-95 ; of Jamaica 1895— 1901 ; of Gibraltar from 1901, Knt. Commr. of Order of Isabella the Catholic of Spain. Residence — 57, Wetherby Mansions, S.W. Club — Windham. Issue by 1st m. — Frederick William Evans, h. 3 March, 1887 ; ni. 1910, Carmen Alfreda, dau. of John Henry Pont, of The Elms, Teddington. Issue by 2nd m. — Maude EUefred. EVANS, K.C.B. (mil.). Creat. 1911 ; C.B. 1894. — Lt.-Gen. Sir Horace Mottle Evans, s. of Frederick Mullet Evans, of Whitefriars, and Maria, dau. of George Moule, of Melksham. B. at Stoke Newington 8 Dee. 1841 ; m. 1866, Elizabeth Annie, dau. of late Surg. -Gen. John T. Tresidder, I.M.S. ; ent. Bengal Army 1858, capt. I.S.C. (now I. A.) 1868, maj. 1878, brev. It. -col. 1881, col. 1885, maj. -gen. 1896. It. -gen. 1899, gen. 1902 ; on unem. supnmy. list since 1903; served with Duffla exped. i874r-5 (des- patches) ; with Naga exped. 1879-80 (despatches, medal, clasp) ; with Manipur exped. 1891 (des- patches, clasp) ; D.A.A.G. Bengal 1880-1 and 1881-5 ; A.A.G. Bengal 1886-8 ; in command 2nd cl. Dist. Bengal 1895-9 ; col. 8th Gurkha Rifles. Residence — Club— Crystal Palace. EVANS, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Elizabeth jMary, dau. of Capt. Charles Hall. R.N., of Plymovith. M. 1846, Capt. Sir Frederick John Owen Evans, K.C.B., hydrographer to the Admiralty, who d. 1885. Residence — EVANS, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Emilia, dau. of Jnmes Hills. M. 4 Sept. 1873, Sir Griffith Humphrej^ Pugh Evans, K.C. I.E., D.L., J. P. ; late memb. of the Council of the Gov. -Gen. of India, who d. 6 Feb. 1902. Residence — Loves- grove, Aberystwyth. EVANS, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — :Maria Mil- LiNGTON, M.A. Trin. Coll. Dublin, dau. of late Charles Crawford Lathbury, of Wimbledon. M. 9 July, 1892 (as his 3rd wife). Sir .John Evans, K.C.B., LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S. , the distinguished antiquary and geologist, who d. 31 May, 1908 Address — C'/o Union of London and Smith's Bank, Berkhamsted, Herts. Club — Albemarle. Issue — Joan. EVE, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1911. — Sir Frederic Eve, s. of late William Eve, of the Manor, North Ockendon, Essex. B. 1853 ; m. 1889, Ella, dau. of the Hon. H. E. Cox, of Claremont, Jamaica ; ed. at St. Bartholomew's Hosp. and at Leipzig ; F.R.C.S. Eng. ; senior surg. London Hosp., and cons. surg. Evelina Hosp. ; vice-pres. of R.C.S. ; pathol. curator R.C.S. 1881-90; Erasmus Wilson lect. (on Path, of Tumours, etc.) R.C.S. 1882-4 ; maj. 2nd London Gen. Hosp.