Sir Thomas William Evans, 1st Baronet

Sir (Thomas) William Evans, 1st Baronet (15 April 1821 - 1892) was an English Liberal politician who represented the constituency of South Derbyshire.

Son of William Evans of Allestree, Derby, who was an MP and High Sheriff, and his wife Mary Gisborne. The Evans family had made a fortune from lead mines at Bonsall, and an iron slitting and rolling mill in Derby and a cotton mill at Darley Abbey.They also owned the Evans Bank in Derby. However it was Evans uncle, Samuel Evans, who ran the business. His own father, William Evans, had opted to take up the life of the landed gentleman at Allestree Hall. Evans was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. Evans' father died in 1856 leaving him property including Pickford's House in Derby.

He 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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Thomas William Evans was born in 1821 at Allestree Hall. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. After he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1846 he married his first cousin Mary Gisborne, the daughter of Thomas John Gisborne of Holme Hall near Bakewell. The couple had no children.

He inherited his father’s fortune in 1856. He became a parliamentarian in 1857 and held this position for many years. He was also very prominent in local politics being a the first Chairman of the Derbyshire County Council which was a position he held until his death. He was the Mayor of Derby in 1869 and was made a baronet in 1887.

He died at Allestree Hall in 1892 and as he had no children he left the Hall to his brother-in-law William Gisborne.

References and Sources

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allestree_Hall
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_Evans,_1st_Baronet
• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees by SmartCopy: Mar 28 2015, 9:37:40 UTC

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Sir Thomas William Evans, 1st Baronet (15 April 1821- 1892) was an English Liberal politician who represented the constituency of South Derbyshire.

Evans was the son of William Evans of Allestree, Derby, who was an MP and High Sheriff, and his wife Mary Gisborne. The Evans family had made a fortune from lead mines at Bonsall, and an iron slitting and rolling mill in Derby and a cotton mill at Darley Abbey. They also owned the Evans Bank in Derby. However it was Evans uncle, Samuel Evans, who ran the business. His own father, William Evans, had opted to take up the life of the landed gentleman at Allestree Hall.

Allestree Hall today is a golf club

Evans was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He became MP for Derbyshire South in 1857 and held the seat until 1868. He regained it in 1874 and held it until 1885. He was a local philanthropist, being responsible for building school in Parwich in 1861 and then rebuilt 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 in 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, a Deputy Lieutenant, J.P. 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 father married Mary Gisborne on 21 May 1846. She was the eldest daughter of Thomas John Gisborne of Holme Hall, Derbyshire. He was present when Queen Victoria 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.

• Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol I. page 522