The Right Honourable
The Lord Mountevans
KStJ JP
Lord Mountevans' parliamentary portrait
688th Lord Mayor of London
In office
13 November 2015 – 11 November 2016
Preceded bySir Alan Yarrow
Succeeded bySir Andrew Parmley[1]
Sheriff of London
In office
September 2012 – September 2013
Serving with Nigel Pullman
Preceded byAlan Yarrow
Wendy Mead
Succeeded bySir Paul Judge
Robert Waddingham
Member of the House of Lords
as an elected hereditary peer
8 July 2015
Preceded byThe 3rd Viscount Tenby
Succeeded byin office
Personal details
Born (1948-05-13) 13 May 1948 (age 75)
Gothenburg, Sweden[2]
Political partyCrossbencher
Alma materPembroke College, Cambridge

Jeffrey Richard de Corban Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans, KStJ, JP (born 13 May 1948), is a British hereditary peer and shipbroker, who served as Lord Mayor of London from 2015 to 2016.[3]

Lord Mountevans represented the Ward of Cheap in the City of London as Alderman from 2007 until 2018, serving as Sheriff of London for 2012–2013, then Lord Mayor for 2015–2016.[4][5] He sits in the House of Lords as an hereditary peer, being elected in the crossbench hereditary peers' by-election of July 2015, following the retirement of Viscount Tenby.[6]

Biography

The younger son of Richard, 2nd Baron Mountevans,[7] he succeeded to the family title in 2014, upon the death without issue of his elder brother Broke, 3rd Baron Mountevans.[8]

Previously known as The Hon. Jeffrey Evans, he was educated at Pangbourne College before going up to Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he read economics taking the degree of MA (Cantab).

Lord Mountevans speaks fluent Norwegian, as his paternal grandmother Elsa, Lady Mountevans (died 1963),[9] hailed from Oslo. Her father was Richard Andvord, founder of Andvord Tybring-Gjedde.

He has served as Honorary President of Canning House since 2018.[10]

City and shipping career

Lord Mountevans was a director of gas chartering with Clarkson plc until 2017, being a member of the Baltic Exchange.[11] He served as Prime Warden of the Shipwrights' Company for 2006–2007 before his election as Alderman for the City Ward of Cheap in 2007,[12] and was Sheriff of London for 2012–2013.[13] 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.[14] He is also a liveryman of the Goldsmiths' and World Traders' Companies.

His many charitable involvements include being a Trustee of Seafarers UK, a leading national maritime charity, President of the City of London Sea Cadets[15] and a Council Member of the White Ensign Association,[16] which offers advice to all ranks of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines on employment, pensions and other financial matters.

Since 2023, Lord Mountevans serves as Chairman of the Baltic Exchange.[17]

Family

In 1972 he married Juliet née Wilson, daughter of the 2nd Baron Moran, and lives at Kensington, London W8.

Lord and Lady Mountevans have two sons: The Hon. Alexander Evans (born 1975), heir apparent to the peerage title, and The Hon. Julian Evans (born 1977).[18]

Styles

Honours

Arms

Coat of arms of Jeffrey Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans
Crest
Between two cross crosslets fitchee Sable a demi lion erased reguardant Or holding between the paws a boar's head also Sable.
Escutcheon
Argent two bars wavy Azure between three boars' heads Sable.
Supporters
On either side a king penguin Proper.
Motto
Libertas[20]
Orders
Behind the Shield, the Badge of the Order of St John:
Previous versions
Whilst in office, Lord Mayor Mountevans could impale the City of London arms (sinister) with the Evans family arms (dexter):

See also

References

  1. ^ "No. 62150". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2017. p. N2.
  2. ^ "The Lord Mayor's biography". Government of the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 10 May 2016.
  3. ^ "www.cityoflondon.gov.uk : new Lord Mayor of London (for 2015–16)". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  4. ^ www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
  5. ^ www.city.ac.uk
  6. ^ www.parliament.uk
  7. ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 107th edn. London: Burke's Peerage & Gentry Ltd. p. 2806 (MOUNTEVANS, B). ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  8. ^ www.hereditarypeers.com
  9. ^ www.npg.org.uk
  10. ^ "About us". Canning House. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  11. ^ www.lloydslist.com
  12. ^ "www.clarksons.com". Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  13. ^ www.cityoflondon.gov.uk Archived 24 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ Corporation of London online news
  15. ^ www.sea-cadets.org
  16. ^ www.whiteensign.co.uk Archived 27 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ www.balticexchange.com
  18. ^ www.burkespeerage.com
  19. ^ www.thegazette.co.uk
  20. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 3735.

External links

Peerage of the United Kingdom Preceded byBroke Evans,3rd Baron Mountevans Baron Mountevans 2014–present IncumbentHeir apparent:Hon. Alexander Evans Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byThe Viscount Tenby Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lordsunder the House of Lords Act 1999 2015–present Incumbent Civic offices Preceded bySir Alan Yarrow Lord Mayor of London 2015–2016 Succeeded bySir Andrew Parmley


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