Ernest Evans (1885 – 18 January 1965) was a
Liberal Party politician from
Wales.
Family and education
Ernest Evans was born at
Aberystwyth, the son of Evan Evans, the Clerk to the
Cardiganshire County Council and his wife Annie Davies. He was educated at
Llandovery College, at the
University College of Wales, and at
Trinity Hall, Cambridge where he was President of the
Union in 1909.
, 1922, p. 53 He was also active in
Cambridge University Liberal Club, serving as its President between 1908 and 1909. In 1925, he married Constance Anne, daughter of Thomas Lloyd, draper, of
Hadley Wood. They had three sons.
Career
On leaving university Evans went in for the law. He was
called to the Bar in 1910 and he practised both in London and on the South Wales Circuit. He was sometime Chairman of
Cardiganshire and
Anglesey Quarter Sessions.
Who was Who, OUP 2007 During the First World War he served with the
Royal Army Service Corps in France from 1915–1918 and was promoted to the rank of Captain.
Politics
From November 1918 until December 1920 Evans served as private secretary to the
Prime Minister David Lloyd George. In February...
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