Jeffrey Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Mountevans
Honorific-Suffix:KStJ JP
Office:688th Lord Mayor of London
Term Start:13 November 2015
Term End:11 November 2016
Predecessor:Sir Alan Yarrow
Successor:Sir Andrew Parmley
Office2:Sheriff of London
Term Start2:September 2012
Term End2:September 2013
Alongside2:Nigel Pullman
Predecessor2:Alan Yarrow
Wendy Mead
Successor2:Sir Paul Judge
Robert Waddingham
Office3:Member of the House of Lords
Status3:Lord Temporal
Term Label3:as an elected hereditary peer
Term Start3:8 July 2015
1Blankname3:By-election
Predecessor3:The 3rd Viscount Tenby
Successor3:in office
Birth Date:1948 5, df=y
Birth Place:Gothenburg, Sweden[1]
Party:Crossbencher
Alma Mater:Pembroke College, Cambridge

Jeffrey Richard de Corban Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans, (born 13 May 1948), is a British hereditary peer and shipbroker, who served as Lord Mayor of London from 2015 to 2016.[2]

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.[3] [4] 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.[5]

Biography

The younger son of Richard, 2nd Baron Mountevans,[6] he succeeded to the family title in 2014, upon the death without issue of his elder brother Broke, 3rd Baron Mountevans.[7]

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)[8] 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.[9]

City and shipping career

Lord Mountevans was a director of gas chartering with Clarkson plc until 2017, being a member of the Baltic Exchange.[10] 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,[11] and was Sheriff of London for 2012–2013.[12] 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.[13] 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[14] and a Council Member of the White Ensign Association,[15] 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.[16]

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).[17]

Styles

Honours

Arms

Escutcheon:Argent two bars wavy Azure between three boars' heads Sable.
Crest:Between two cross crosslets fitchee Sable a demi lion erased reguardant Or holding between the paws a boar's head also Sable.
Supporters:On either side a king penguin Proper.
Motto:Libertas[19]
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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Lord Mayor's biography. Government of the United Kingdom. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160510104823/http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-the-city/the-lord-mayor/Pages/lord-mayor-biography.aspx. 10 May 2016.
  2. Web site: www.cityoflondon.gov.uk : new Lord Mayor of London (for 2015–16) . 13 November 2015 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192606/http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/events/pages/event-detail.aspx?eventid=1861 . dead .
  3. http://news.cityoflondon.gov.uk/city-elects-maritime-expert-as-next-lord-mayor-of-london/ www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
  4. http://www.city.ac.uk/news/2015/november/city-welcomes-new-chancellor-at-the-lord-mayors-show www.city.ac.uk
  5. http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-mountevans/4539 www.parliament.uk
  6. Book: Mosley. Charles . Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 107th edn . London . Burke's Peerage & Gentry Ltd . 2806 (MOUNTEVANS, B) . 2003 . 0-9711966-2-1.
  7. http://www.hereditarypeers.com/MAIN.HTM www.hereditarypeers.com
  8. https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw51914/Elsa-ne-Andvord-Lady-Mountevans?LinkID=mp54128&role=sit&rNo=0 www.npg.org.uk
  9. Web site: About us . 2023-10-25 . Canning House . en-GB.
  10. https://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article508117.ece www.lloydslist.com
  11. Web site: www.clarksons.com . 11 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120319181231/http://www.clarksons.com/contact_us/contacts_directory/?externalId=124 . 19 March 2012 . dead .
  12. http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/committees/member/displayMemberDetail.aspx?id=375 www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
  13. http://news.cityoflondon.gov.uk/city-elects-maritime-expert-as-next-lord-mayor-of-london/ Corporation of London online news
  14. http://www.sea-cadets.org/cityoflondon/home.aspx www.sea-cadets.org
  15. http://www.whiteensign.co.uk/wordpress/about-the-wea/organisation/council www.whiteensign.co.uk
  16. https://www.balticexchange.com/en/news-and-events/news/member-news/2022/lord-jeffrey-mountevans-appointed-new-baltic-exchange-chairman.html www.balticexchange.com
  17. https://www.burkespeerage.com/ www.burkespeerage.com
  18. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2441480 www.thegazette.co.uk
  19. Book: Debrett's Peerage . 2019 . 3735.