Background
John was the eldest son of George Evelyn, of Godstone, and of his second wife Margaret Webb.
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John Evelyn
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Career
He succeeded his father in the Godstone estate in 1699. On 5 May 1701, he obtained a marriage license with Ann Glynne, the daughter of John Glynne and granddaughter of the judge John Glynne, but the marriage does not appear ever to have been carried out. Soon after the opening of Parliament, Evelyn contracted smallpox, and died on 13 November.
John is believed to have been a Whig, but his short tenure in Parliament precludes a positive identification.
Membership
A member of a prominent Surrey family, his career in Parliament was cut short after a few months by his premature death from smallpox.
