There have been three Evelyn Baronetcies, two in the

Baronetage of England Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier, existing baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland and Great Britain. To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary ...

and one in the

Baronetage of Great Britain Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier, existing baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland and Great Britain. To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary ...

. These are shown individually below in order of creation. The three families are and made their money out of gunpowder.

Evelyn of Godstone, Surrey

Created in the

29 May 1660 for * Sir John Evelyn, 1st Baronet (12 March 1633 – 10 August 1671)

High Sheriff of Surrey The list of known High Sheriffs of Surrey extends back to 1066. At various times the High Sheriff of Surrey was also High Sheriff of Sussex (1229–1231, 1232–1240, 1242–1567, 1571–1635). 1066–1228 (High Sheriffs of Surrey only) 1229– ...

1666 :Extinct on his death

Evelyn of Long Ditton, Surrey

Created in the

17 February 1683 for * Sir Edward Evelyn, 1st Baronet MP for Surrey 1685–1687 (25 January 1626 – 3 May 1692) :Extinct on his death

Evelyn of Wotton, Surrey

Created in the

on 6 August 1713 for: * Sir John Evelyn, 1st Baronet (1 March 1682 – 15 July 1763), MP for

Helston Helston () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at the northern end of the The Lizard, Lizard Peninsula approximately east of Penzance and south-west of Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth.Ordnance Survey: ...

1708–1710, Joint Postmaster General 1708–1715, grandson of

John Evelyn John Evelyn (31 October 162027 February 1706) was an English writer, landowner, gardener, courtier and minor government official, who is now best known as a diary, diarist. He was a founding Fellow of the Royal Society. John Evelyn's Diary, ...

, the diarist. He was succeeded by his son: *

Sir John Evelyn, 2nd Baronet Sir John Evelyn, 2nd Baronet (24 August 1706 – 11 June 1767) was a British courtier and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons for 40 years from 1727 to 1767. Evelyn was born in Wotton, the eldest son of John Evelyn, Commissioner o ...

(24 August 1706 – 11 June 1767), MP for Helston 1727–1741 and 1747–1767 and Penryn 1741–1747. He was succeeded by his son: * Sir Frederick Evelyn, 3rd Baronet (1734 – 1 April 1812). On his death, the baronetcy passed to his cousin: * Sir John Evelyn, 4th Baronet (c. 1758 – 14 May 1833). When he killed a postman, he was declared of unsound mind (28 July 1795) and spent the rest of his life in prison. He was succeeded by his brother: * Sir Hugh Evelyn, 5th Baronet (31 January 1769 – 28 August 1848). He spent eighteen years in prison for a debt of £30. :The baronetcy became extinct on the death of the fifth baronet. Cokayne, George Edward (1906)
Complete Baronetage
'. Volume V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co. . p. 17

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