The Lord Mountevans | |
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688th Lord Mayor of London | |
In office 13 November 2015 –11 November 2016 | |
Preceded by | Sir Alan Yarrow |
Succeeded by | Sir Andrew Parmley [1] |
Sheriff of London | |
In office September 2012 –September 2013 Servingwith Nigel Pullman | |
Preceded by | Alan Yarrow Wendy Mead |
Succeeded by | Sir Paul Judge Robert Waddingham |
Member of the House of Lords | |
as an elected hereditary peer 8 July 2015 | |
Preceded by | The 3rd Viscount Tenby |
Succeeded by | in office |
Personal details | |
Born | Gothenburg,Sweden [2] | 13 May 1948
Political party | Crossbencher |
Alma mater | Pembroke 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]
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 in Berkshire 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 the printing company Andvord Tybring-Gjedde.
He has served as Honorary President of Canning House since 2018. [10]
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]
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]
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