Evan Pateshall | |
Office: | Member of Parliament for Hereford |
Term Start: | 3 February 1874 |
Term End: | 14 March 1878 |
Alongside: | George Clive |
Predecessor: | George Arbuthnot Chandos Wren-Hoskyns |
Successor: | George Arbuthnot George Clive |
Birth Date: | December 1817 |
Alma Mater: | King's College London |
Birthname: | Evan Thomas |
Nationality: | British |
Party: | Conservative |
Evan Pateshall (born Evan Thomas;[1] December 1817 – 9 April 1885) was a Conservative Party politician.
Pateshall was born as Evan Thomas in December 1817 to David Thomas of Radnorshire. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and King's College London.[2] He married Anne Elizabeth Pateshall, only child of William Pateshall, in 1842 and changed his surname to Pateshall in 1855.[1] He lived at Allensmore Court in Allensmore, Herefordshire.
Pateshall was Mayor of Hereford in 1863,[3] before being elected Conservative MP for Hereford constituency in 1874. He then resigned after four years in 1878.[4]
During his life, Pateshall was a Justice of the Peace, a Deputy Lieutenant for each of Herefordshire, Brecon and Radnor, and commanded one of the companies of the Hereford Rifle Volunteers.[1]