Sydney Evershed (c. 1825 – 1903) was an English brewer and

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politician who represented

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. Evershed's family came from

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in Surrey. By 1860 he had moved to

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, and became a

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. He lived at

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, where he built Albury House, named after his birthplace. Evershed was active in local politics and was one of the Improvement Commissioners, and one of the first councillors when Burton was incorporated as a borough in 1878.''Burton-upon-Trent: Local government'', A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 9: Burton-upon-Trent (2003), pp. 85–97. Date accessed: 16 September 2008
/ref> In 1886, he was elected as

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for

which he held until 1900. He died at Marylebone in 1903. Evershed married Fanny Whitehead at Marylebone in 1856. Their sons Sydney, Wallis, Frank and

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all played cricket for

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. Fanny died in 1904. In 1909 his brewery merged with Marston and Thompson to become Marston, Thompson and Evershed.

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1825 births 1903 deaths English brewers Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 19th-century English businesspeople {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub