Background
He was born at Wotton, Surrey, the eldest son of Sir John Evelyn, 1st Baronet of Wotton.
He was born at Wotton, Surrey, the eldest son of Sir John Evelyn, 1st Baronet of Wotton.
He matriculated at Queen"s College, Oxford, on 28 May 1725, aged 18. He was Clerk of the Green Cloth to Frederick, Prince of Wales, and subsequently to King George III. He succeeded to his father"s baronetcy on 15 July 1763. She was born on 12 November 1705 and was baptised on 21 November 1705 at Saint James"s, Westminster.
She died on 15 September 1749, and was buried at Wotton.
He died on 11 June 1767 aged 60 at Wotton and was buried there 8 days later. There is a known life time portrait of Sir John, Attributed to Jonathan Richardson with family provenance formally with Cider House Galleries Limited.
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He was Member of Parliament for Helston from 1727 to 1741, for Penryn from 1741 to 1747, and for Helston again from 1747 until his death in 1767.