Jeffrey Richard de Corban Evans
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Jeffrey Richard de Corban Evans (born 13 May 1948) is a shipbroker and Alderman
Alderman
An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law. The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council, a council member chosen by the elected members themselves rather than by popular vote, or a council...

 for the Ward of Cheap
Cheap (ward)
Cheap is a small ward of the City of London. It stretches west to east from King End Street, the border with Farringdon Within to Old Jewry, which adjoins Walbrook and north to south from Gresham Street, the border with Aldersgate and Bassishaw to Cheapside, the boundary with Cordwainer.The...

 in the City of London
City of London
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Biography

Evans is the younger brother of the present Lord Mountevans
Baron Mountevans
Baron Mountevans, of Chelsea in the County of London, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1945 for the naval commander and Antarctic explorer, Sir Edward Evans...

, and is heir presumptive
Heir Presumptive
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 to the title. He was educated at Pangbourne College
Pangbourne College
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, before going up to Pembroke College, Cambridge
Pembroke College, Cambridge
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 (MA). He is director of Gas
Gas
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 chartering at Clarkson PLC based in the City of London
City of London
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. He served as a Prime Warden
Warden
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 of the Shipwrights' Company
Worshipful Company of Shipwrights
The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.The Shipwrights' Company has not, unlike other Livery Companies, ever received a Royal Charter; instead, it is considered incorporated "by prescription" because the body had for a long time used this title...

 in 2006 and is a member of the Council of the White Ensign Association.

He married in 1972 Hon
The Honourable
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 Juliet Wilson, daughter of Lord Moran
John Wilson, 2nd Baron Moran
Richard John McMoran Moran Wilson, 2nd Baron Moran KCMG , known as John Wilson, is a British soldier and diplomat. He is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers in the House of Lords, remaining after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999...

 KCMG, with whom he has two sons. He and his wife live in Kensington
Kensington
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Styles

In the City of London, Evans is known as Mr Alderman Jeffrey Evans, whilst elsewhere he is The Hon
The Honourable
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Jeffrey Evans
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