Sir Thomas William Evans, 1st Baronet
- Sir Thomas William Evans, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas William Evans, 1st Baronet (15 April 1821- 1892) was an English Liberal politician who represented the constituency of South Derbyshire.
Evans was the son of William Evans of Allestree who was an MP and High Sheriff, and his wife Mary Gisborne. [ [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BSkAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA439&lpg=PA439&dq=%22Thomas+William+Evans%22+MP&source=web&ots=Cx6Z_AW9Rr&sig=PhhdCN3AQfkoKLiHeDrai1oQFd4&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result#PPA438,M1 Burke Landed Gentry] ] The Evans family had made a fortune from lead mines at Bonsall, and an iron slitting and rolling mill in Derby and a cotton mill at Darley Abbey.[ [http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/council/council_works/chair_of_the_council/history/default.asp Derbyshire County Council] ] They also owned the Evans Bank in Derby. However it was Evans uncle, Samuel Evans, who ran the business. His own father, William Evans, had opted to take up the life of the landed gentleman at Allestree Hall. [ [http://www.derwentvalleymills.org/04_his/his_003e.htm The Evans dynasty] , Derwent Valley Mills, accessed 10 September 2008] ]Evans became MP for Derbyshire South in 1857 and held the seat until 1868. He regained it in 1874 and held it until 1885. He was a local philanthropist, being responsible for building school in Parwich in 1861 and them rebuilt Parwich church in 1873. Evans continued to own the Evans Bank until it merged in 1877 with the older Derby based Compton’s Bank. [ [http://www.parwichhistory.com/Issue%2014.htm Parwich Hall] ]
Evans was made a baronet of Allestree Hall in 18 July 1887. He chaired the first meeting of the Derbyshire County Council on 1 April 1889 when the authority consisted of 60 councillors and 20 aldermen.[ He was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1872, [LondonGazette |issue=23825|startpage=403|date=6 February1872|accessdate=2008-04-28] a Deputy Lieutenant, J.P. and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. As well as Allestree Hall, he owned the manor of Holbrooke [ [http://www.andrewspages.dial.pipex.com/dby/kelly/holbrooke.htm Holbrooke Derbs - Kelly's Directory 1891] ] and a house in Derby. [ [http://www.youandyesterday.co.uk/articles/House_gives_insight_into_how_we_lived Pickford's House Museum] ] ]Evans married Mary Gisborne on 21 May 1846. She was the eldest daughter of Thomas John Gisborne of Holme Hall, Derbyshire. On his death in Belper, in 1892, his baronetcy became extinct.
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