Jeffrey Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans

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The Rt Hon. Lord Mayor
The Lord Mountevans
689th Lord Mayor of London
Assumed office
13 November 2015
Preceded by Sir Alan Yarrow
Succeeded by in office
Member of the House of Lords
Assumed office
8 July 2015
Personal details
Born (1948-05-13) 13 May 1948
Gothenburg, Sweden[1]
Political party Crossbench
Spouse(s) Juliet née Wilson (m.1972)
Children 2
Parents Richard Evans, 2nd Baron Mountevans (f);
Deirdre O'Connell (m)
Residence Mansion House, London
Alma mater Pembroke College, Cambridge
Religion Christian (CofE)
Website www.cityoflondon.gov.uk

Jeffrey Richard de Corban Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans, JP (born 13 May 1948) is a London shipbroker and UK hereditary peer, who presently serves as Lord Mayor of London.[2]

Lord Mountevans was elected a City Alderman in 2007, served as Sheriff in 2012–13 and is Lord Mayor for 2015–16.[3][4] He sits in the House of Lords as an hereditary peer, having been elected in the Crossbench Hereditary Peers' By-election of July 2015, following the 3rd Viscount Tenby's retirement from Parliament.[5]

Biography

The younger son of Richard, 2nd Baron Mountevans,[6] he succeeded to his title on the death without issue in 2014 of his elder brother Broke, 3rd Baron Mountevans.[7] He speaks fluent Norwegian as his grandmother on his father's side was a native of Norway.

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

The City and Shipping

Lord Mountevans is a director of gas chartering at Clarkson plc and a member of the Baltic Exchange.[8] He served as Prime Warden of the Shipwrights' Company for 2006–07 before his election as Alderman for the City Ward of Cheap in 2007,[9] and was Sheriff of London for 2012–13.[10] 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.[11] He is also a liveryman of the Goldsmiths' and World Traders' Companies.

Mountevans' many charitable involvements include being a Trustee of Seafarers UK, a leading national maritime charity, President of the City of London Sea Cadets[12] and a Council Member of the White Ensign Association,[13] which offers advice to all ranks of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines on employment, pensions and other financial matters.

Family

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

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

Styles

Honours

Arms

Arms of Jeffrey Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans
Coronet
That of a Baron
Crest
Between two Cross Crosslets fichées Sable a Demi-lion erased reguardant Or holding between the Paws a Boar's Head erased of the First
Helm
That of a Peer
Escutcheon
Argent two Bars wavy Azure between three Boars' Heads Sable
Supporters
On either side a King Penguin Proper
Motto
Libertas
(Eng: Freedom)
Orders
Behind the Shield, the badge of the Order of St John:
Other elements
Whilst in office, for personal use Lord Mayor Mountevans is entitled to impale the City of London arms (dexter) with his family arms (sinister):

See also

References

External links

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Broke Evans

Baron Mountevans

2014–present
Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Hon. Alexander Evans
Civic offices
Preceded by
Sir Alan Yarrow
Lord Mayor of London

2015–present
Incumbent
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