Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
|---|---|
| In office 11 May 2000 – 6 July 2016 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 August 1941 |
| Died | 6 July 2016 (aged 74) |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) |
Elizabeth Mead
(m. 1966; div. 1991)CBE (1998) |
Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting, FRSA (7 August 1941 – 6 July 2016), was a British Labour Party politician. Evans' father was the writer George Ewart Evans.
Background and career
The son of George Ewart Evans and Florence Ellen Knappett, he was educated at
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) in 1990. Evans also served as a governor of the British Film Institute and in 1999 was appointed the first chairman of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.[3]
Appointed a
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Department for Work and Pensions, and the Treasury
, Lord Evans left the Government in October 2007 to join Swiss Bank EFG International.
Personal life
Evans married Elizabeth Mead in 1966 divorcing in 1991 when he married literary agent Caroline Michel, with whom he remained until their separation in 2010.[6] He had two sons by his first wife, and two sons and a daughter by his second wife.
Lord Evans died on the morning of 6 July 2016 after a long illness.[7]
References
- The Evening Standard, 27 April 2007.
- ^ Matthew Evans, "TS Eliot — Guru-in-chief", The Guardian, 6 June 2009.
- ^ "Matthew Evans becomes first Chairman of new Museums, Libraries and Archives Council" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Government News, 10 August 1999.
- ^ "No. 55155". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 1998. p. 8.
- ^ "No. 55850". The London Gazette. 17 May 2000. p. 5420.
- ^ Robert McCrum, "Lord Evans of Temple Guiting obituary", The Guardian, 7 July 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Mark Brown, "Publisher Matthew Evans, former Faber and Faber boss, dies aged 74 ", The Guardian, 6 July 2016.
External links
- Mary Riddell, "The New Statesman Interview - Matthew Evans", New Statesman, 13 March 2000
