George Evans, 1st Baron Carbery PC (Ire) (c. 1680 – 28 August 1749) was an

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politician and peer. A member of a

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family of Whigs, he entered the

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and was created a peer in 1715 as a reward for his father's support of the Hanoverian succession, after his father declined the offer. At the same time, he was returned to the

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for Westbury. He contested control of the borough with the Tories led by the

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until 1727, when he stood down. Evans was the son of

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, of Bulgaden Hall,

and his wife (m. 1679) Mary (née Eyre). Lord Carbery married Anne, daughter of William Stafford, in 1703. She later inherited Laxton Hall from her brother. They had five children: *Stafford Evans (b. 1704), died young * George Evans, 2nd Baron Carbery (d. 1759) *Hon. William Evans (d. bef. 1756) *Hon. John Evans (d. 1758), of Bulgaden Hall,

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in 1734, married Grace Freke, sister and heiress of Sir Redmond Freke, 3rd Baronet, in June 1741 and had issue, including

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*Hon. Anne Evans, married Maj. Charles du Terme in 1734 After the death of Charles Oliver, one of the members for

in the

, Evans was elected to succeed him in 1707. He sat as a Whig for the county until 1714. On 12 November 1714, he was appointed governor and constable of

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. Evans's father had earlier been a strong supporter of

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and

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but declined King George I's offer of a peerage. However, the peerage was accepted by his son, who on 15 March 1714/15 was raised to the

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as Baron Carbery, of Carbery in the County of Cork, with remainder to the male issue of his father. With the sponsorship of Lord Cowper and other Whigs, Evans and Charles Allanson stood at Westbury at the 1715 election to challenge the Tory interest of Lord Abingdon. The election was held on 25 January 1714/15, and a double return was made: the Tory candidates, Lord Abingdon's nephew Willoughby Bertie and Francis Annesley were returned by the mayor of Abingdon, while the constable returned Evans and Allanson. As the former pair had polled 29 and 28 votes, respectively, to the 19 and 18 of Evans and Allanson, the House of Commons declared the Tories elected on 28 March 1714/1715. Lord Carbery, as Evans now was, and Allanson lodged an

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with the House, arguing that many of the Tory voters were not entitled to the franchise, and there were allegations of bribery on both sides. The committee ultimately declared that Bertie and Annesley had not been duly elected and that Carbery and Allanson had been; the Whig-dominated House concurred with the findings of the committee, and resolved that the more narrow interpretation of the Westbury franchise was the correct one. On 18 November 1715, Carbery was admitted to the

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. Carbery voted in favour of Whig projects such as the

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and the unsuccessful

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in December 1719, but was not present for the vote on the

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in January 1718/19, which repealed the

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and

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. In the 1722 election, Carbery and Thomas Bennett stood against

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(brother of Lord Abingdon) and Annesley; the Tory candidates were returned by the mayor. Carbery and Bennett again petitioned against the result, alleging undue practices and that they had received a majority of the votes. Although the results of the election were in their favour, they were unable to produce the original copy of the poll, and their petition was dismissed on 25 February 1723/4. Bertie had also been returned for

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and chose to sit for that constituency; in the ensuing by-election at Westbury in 1724, Carbery defeated Edward Conway and returned to Parliament. He did not stand at the 1727 election. Carbery's appointment as governor and constable of Limerick Castle was renewed in 1740. He died on 28 August 1749 and was succeeded by his son

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. Lady Carbery died in 1757.

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, {{DEFAULTSORT:Carbery, George Evans, 1st Baron 1680s births 1749 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people 1 Peers of Ireland created by George I British MPs 1715–1722 British MPs 1722–1727 Evans, George Evans, George Hereditary peers elected to the House of Commons Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Limerick constituencies Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Year of birth uncertain Members of the Irish House of Lords