Background
Evans was the son of William Evans of Allestree, Derby, who was an Member of Parliament and High Sheriff, and his wife Mary Gisborne.
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Evans was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Career
They also owned the Evans Bank in Derby. Evans" father died in 1856 leaving him property including Pickford"s House in Derby. He regained it in 1874 and held it until 1885.
He was a local philanthropist, being responsible for building a school in Parwich in 1861 and then rebuilding Parwich church in 1873.
Evans continued to own the Evans Bank until it merged in 1877 with the older Derby-based Compton’s Bank. Evans was made a baronet of Allestree Hall on 18 July 1887.
He chaired the first meeting of the Derbyshire County Council on 1 April 1889 when the authority consisted of 60 councillors and 20 aldermen. He was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1872, and a Deputy Lieutenant, Justice of the Peace and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
As well as Allestree Hall, he owned the manor of Holbrooke, the Parwich Hall estate and a house in Derby.
Evans married Mary Gisborne on 21 May 1846. She was the eldest daughter of Thomas John Gisborne of Holme Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire. He was present when the Queen came to open the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary as he was the President of the new hospital.
On his death in Belper, in 1892, his baronetcy became extinct.
He left his estate to William Gisborne.
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Membership
17th United Kingdom Parliament. 18th United Kingdom Parliament. 19th United Kingdom Parliament.
21st United Kingdom Parliament.
22nd United Kingdom Parliament]
Evans became Member of Parliament for Derbyshire South in 1857 and held the seat until 1868.
