Jeffrey Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans

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Member of the House of Lords
as an elected hereditary peer
8 July 2015
Preceded byThe 3rd Viscount Tenby
Succeeded byin office
Personal details
Born (1948-05-13) 13 May 1948 (age 75)
Crossbencher
Alma materPembroke College, Cambridge

Jeffrey Richard de Corban Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans,

shipbroker, who served as Lord Mayor of London from 2015 to 2016.[3]

Lord Mountevans represented the

Lord Mayor for 2015–2016.[4][5] He sits in the House of Lords as an hereditary peer, being elected in the crossbench hereditary peers' by-election of July 2015, following the retirement of Viscount Tenby.[6]

Biography

The younger son of

title in 2014, upon the death without issue of his elder brother Broke, 3rd Baron Mountevans.[8]

Previously

MA (Cantab)
.

Lord Mountevans speaks fluent Norwegian, as his paternal grandmother Elsa, Lady Mountevans (died 1963),[9] hailed from Oslo. Her father was Richard Andvord, founder of Andvord Tybring-Gjedde.

He has served as Honorary President of Canning House since 2018.[10]

City and shipping career

Lord Mountevans was a

liveryman of the Goldsmiths' and World Traders' Companies
.

His many charitable involvements include being a

Seafarers UK, a leading national maritime charity, President of the City of London Sea Cadets[15] and a Council Member of the White Ensign Association,[16] which offers advice to all ranks of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines
on employment, pensions and other financial matters.

Since 2023, Lord Mountevans serves as

Chairman of the Baltic Exchange.[17]

Family

In 1972 he married Juliet née Wilson, daughter of the 2nd Baron Moran, and lives at Kensington, London W8.

Lord and Lady Mountevans have two sons: The Hon. Alexander Evans (born 1975),

peerage title, and The Hon. Julian Evans (born 1977).[18]

Styles

  • Jeffrey Evans (1948–1958)
  • The Hon. Jeffrey Evans (1958–2007)
  • Alderman the Hon. Jeffrey Evans (2007–2014)
  • Alderman the Rt Hon. the Lord Mountevans (2014–2015)
  • The Rt Hon. Lord Mayor the Lord Mountevans (2015–2016)
  • Alderman the Rt Hon. the Lord Mountevans (2016–2018)
  • The Rt Hon. the Lord Mountevans (2018–present)

Honours

Arms

Coat of arms of Jeffrey Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans
Crest
Between two cross crosslets fitchee Sable a demi lion erased reguardant Or holding between the paws a boar's head also Sable.
Escutcheon
Argent two bars wavy Azure between three boars' heads Sable.
Supporters
On either side a king penguin Proper.
Motto
Libertas[20]
Orders
Behind the
Order of St John:
Previous versions
Whilst in
City of London arms (sinister) with the Evans family arms (dexter):

See also

References

  1. ^ "No. 62150". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2017. p. N2.
  2. ^ "The Lord Mayor's biography". Government of the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 10 May 2016.
  3. ^ "www.cityoflondon.gov.uk : new Lord Mayor of London (for 2015–16)". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  4. ^ www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
  5. ^ www.city.ac.uk
  6. ^ www.parliament.uk
  7. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1
    .
  8. ^ www.hereditarypeers.com
  9. ^ www.npg.org.uk
  10. ^ "About us". Canning House. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  11. ^ www.lloydslist.com
  12. ^ "www.clarksons.com". Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  13. ^ www.cityoflondon.gov.uk Archived 24 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ Corporation of London online news
  15. ^ www.sea-cadets.org
  16. ^ www.whiteensign.co.uk Archived 27 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ www.balticexchange.com
  18. ^ www.burkespeerage.com
  19. ^ www.thegazette.co.uk
  20. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 3735.

External links

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Broke Evans,
3rd Baron Mountevans
 Baron Mountevans
2014–present 		Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Hon. Alexander Evans
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords
under the House of Lords Act 1999
2015–present 		Incumbent
Civic offices
Preceded by
Lord Mayor of London

2015–2016
Succeeded by


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