Horace Evans, 1st Baron Evans

Horace Evans, 1st Baron Evans (1 January 1903 – 26 October 1963) was a Welsh physician who served the royal family of the United Kingdom.

Background and education

Evans was born in Merthyr Tydfil, son of the prominent musician Harry Evans. His younger brother, Hubert, became a diplomat. He grew up in Dowlais when his family moved to Liverpool he was educated at Liverpool College. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music, but decided on a career in medicine, and studied at the London Hospital medical school from 1921 to 1928.

Career

He continued his career at the London Hospital, and became physician to Queen Mary in 1946. He was later physician to her husband, King George VI and to their daughter, Queen Elizabeth II. In 1957 he was created Baron Evans, of Merthyr Tydfil in the County of Glamorgan.^[1]

Family

Lord Evans was married, with two daughters. He died in October 1963, aged 60, when the barony became extinct.

References

1. The London Gazette: no. 41116. p. 3964. 2 July 1957.

• Horace Evans on Dictionary of Welsh Biography