Background
The younger son of Richard, 2nd Baron Mountevans, he succeeded to his title on the death without issue in 2014 of his elder brother Broke, 3rd Baron Mountevans.
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Jeffrey Evans
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Jeffrey Evans, he was educated at Pangbourne College, before going up to Pembroke College, Cambridge where he read economics and took the degree of Master of Arts (Cantab).
Career
Lord Mountevans was elected a City Alderman in 2007, served as Sheriff in 2012-2013 and is Lord Mayor for 2015-2016. He sits in the House of Lords as an hereditary peer, having been elected in the Crossbench Hereditary Peers" By-election of July 2015, following the 3rd Viscount Tenby"s retirement from Parliament. Previously styled The The City and Shipping He served as Prime Warden of the Shipwrights" Company for 2006-2007 before his election as Alderman for the City of London Ward of Cheap in 2007, and was Sheriff of London for 2012-2013.
At the Michaelmas Common Hall in 2015 he was elected to serve as Lord Mayor for the ensuing year, taking office on 13 November 2015.
He is also a liveryman of the Goldsmiths" and World Traders" Companies. Family Lord and Lady Mountevans have two sons: The Alexander Evans (born 1975), heir apparent to the family title, and The Julian Evans (born 1977).
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Achievements
Membership
Lord Mountevans is a director of gas chartering at Clarkson plc and a member of the Baltic Exchange. Mountevans" many charitable involvements include being a Trustee of Seafarers United Kingdom, a leading national maritime charity, President of the City of London Sea Cadets and a Council Member of the White Ensign Association, which offers advice to all ranks of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines on employment, pensions and other financial matters.
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United Kingdom