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Evan Henry Llewellyn JP DL (25 February 1847 – 27 February 1914) was a

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officer and a

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politician who sat in the

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between 1885 and 1906.

Early life

Llewellyn was born on 25 February 1847. He was the fourth son of the former Eliza William Strick (daughter of John Strick of

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) and Llewellyn Llewellyn of Buckland Filleigh, North Devon. His sister, Rose Cecilia Llewellyn, married Adm. Sir Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee (both children of Vaughan Vaughan-Lee). He was educated at

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Career

He served in the British Army, where he was an officer in the 4th (

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) battalion of the Somersetshire Light Infantry. Following the outbreak of the

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in late 1899, he volunteered for active service when the battalion was embodied that December, and left

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for South Africa on the in early March 1900. He was later the commander of the 2nd (Central African) Battalion,

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Political career

In the 1885 general election, Llewellyn was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for

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and held the seat until the 1892 general election. He was re-elected for the seat in the 1895 general election and held it until the 1906 general election. He was a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Somerset.

Personal life

In 1868, Llewellyn married Mary Blanche Somers (1847–1900), a daughter of Elizabeth Williams and Thomas Somers of Mendip-Lodge, Somerset. Together, they lived at Langford Court, Somerset and were the parents of: * Capt. Llewellyn Thomas Evan Llewellyn (b. ), who married Maud Violet Saunderson, a daughter of Somerset Bassett Saunderson and granddaughter of Col. A. Saunderson, in 1899. * Owen John Llewellyn (1870–1943), who married Anna Elizabeth Mann, daughter of William John Mann of Highfield,

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. * Sir Hoel Llewellyn (1871–1945), who also served with distinction in the Second Boer War; he married Winifred Florence Berens, a daughter of Alexander Augustus Berens, in 1902. After her death in 1931, he married Mary Constance Sandeman, a daughter of Walter Albert Sandeman. * Arthur Llewellyn (1873–1920), who Meriel Byrne, a daughter of F.W. Byrne, in 1895. * Mary Mercy Llewellyn (1884–1956), who married Maj. Antony Hubert Gibbs, son of Antony Gibbs, in 1899.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes.'' Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999, volume 1, page 51. Llewellyn's wife died in 1900 and he died of heart failure after a severe attack of

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on 27 February 1914.

Descendants

Through his son Owen, he was a grandfather of Rt. Rev. William Somers Llewellyn (1907–2001), Bishop of Lynn from 1963 to 1972. He is the great-great-grandfather of

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, who was

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from 2010 to 2016.

References

External links

Evan Henry Llewellyn (1847-1914), Politician and army officer
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