A plaster profile of Sebastian by his sister Emma
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Sebastian EVANS LLD

Born 2 March 1830 in Market Bosworth, Leicestershire.

Emmanuel College Cambridge. LL.D., 1868; M.A.1856;
a member of the Oxford circuit, a student of Lincoln's Inn 29 Jan.,1855
 (then aged 24), called to the bar 17 Nov., 1873

Died 8 Dec 1909 in Canterbury, Kent.

sixth child, fourth son of Arthur Benoni EVANS and Anne DICKINSON;

married 6 April 1858, at Lambeth, Elizabeth GOLDNEY 24 Feb 1833-1911

Their children were -

 1.  Sebastian EVANS   20 Jan 1859  10 Aug 1935 at Cradley, near Malvern.

2.  Frank EVANS 9 Aug 1862 -   1918 ;
In 1892, Frank took the name of his grandfather and of his uncle, Francis Bennett Goldney.
He was M.P. for Canterbury and died as a result of a motor accident in France in 1918

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"This sketch was made by Sebastian Evans, L.L.D. in his 18th year. He was born at Market Bosworth in 1830 and his sketch therefore shows the appearance of the church in 1847." Photo by NGH.

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DUDMAN inPARADISE

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GUINEVERE'S REMORSE

Sebastian Evans was an artist associated with 70 portraits
He was an author and artist who also worked as a barrister and journalist. In 1857, he became manager of the art department of the glassworks of Messrs Chance Bros. & Co. at Oldbury, near Birmingham. He held this post for ten years, and designed many windows for the company. In 1867, Evans joined the Birmingham Daily Gazette as editor, but left within three years to pursue a legal career. When the editor of the Daily Gazette died in 1886, Sebastian resumed the editorship. He pursued his artistic and poetic interests and exhibited pictures at the Royal Academy and elsewhere. He published several collections of poems, most notably Brother Fabian's Manuscript and other Poems (1865).

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