Jeffrey Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans
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The Right Honourable The Lord Mountevans |
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| 689th Lord Mayor of London | |
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In office 13 November 2015 – 11 November 2016 |
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| Metropolitan Mayor |
Boris Johnson Sadiq Khan |
| Preceded by | Sir Alan Yarrow |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Parmley |
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Member of the House of Lords for Crossbench Hereditary Peers |
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Assumed office 8 July 2015 |
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| Preceded by | 3rd Viscount Tenby |
| Sheriff of London | |
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In office September 2012 – September 2013 Alongside Nigel Pullman |
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| Preceded by |
Alan Yarrow Wendy Mead |
| Succeeded by |
Sir Paul Judge Robert Waddingham |
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13 May 1948 Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Political party | Crossbench |
| Spouse(s) | Juliet née Wilson (m.1972) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents | Richard Evans, 2nd Baron Mountevans (f); Deirdre O'Connell (m) |
| Alma mater | Pembroke College, Cambridge |
| Website | www.cityoflondon.gov.uk |
Jeffrey Richard de Corban Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans, JP (born 13 May 1948) is a London shipbroker and UK hereditary peer, who served as Lord Mayor of London from 2015 to 2016.
Lord Mountevans was elected a City Alderman in 2007, served as Sheriff in 2012–13 and was Lord Mayor for 2015–16. He sits in the House of Lords as an hereditary peer, having been elected in the Crossbench Hereditary Peers' By-election of July 2015, following the 3rd Viscount Tenby's retirement from Parliament.
The younger son of Richard, 2nd Baron Mountevans, he succeeded to his title on the death without issue in 2014 of his elder brother Broke, 3rd Baron Mountevans. He speaks fluent Norwegian as his grandmother on his father's side was a native of Norway.
Previously styled The Hon. Jeffrey Evans, he was educated at Pangbourne College, before going up to Pembroke College, Cambridge where he read economics and took the degree of MA (Cantab).
Lord Mountevans is a director of gas chartering at Clarkson plc and a member of the Baltic Exchange. He served as Prime Warden of the Shipwrights' Company for 2006–07 before his election as Alderman for the City Ward of Cheap in 2007, and was Sheriff of London for 2012–13. At the Michaelmas Common Hall in 2015 he was elected to serve as Lord Mayor for the ensuing year, taking office on 13 November 2015. He is also a liveryman of the Goldsmiths' and World Traders' Companies.
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