Jeffrey Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans

The Lord Mountevans
Lord Mountevans' parliamentary portrait
688th Lord Mayor of London
In office
13 November 2015 – 11 November 2016
Preceded bySir Alan Yarrow
Succeeded bySir Andrew Parmley[1]
Sheriff of London
In office
September 2012 – September 2013
Serving with Nigel Pullman
Preceded byAlan Yarrow
Wendy Mead
Succeeded bySir Paul Judge
Robert Waddingham
Member of the House of Lords
as an elected hereditary peer
8 July 2015
Preceded byThe 3rd Viscount Tenby
Succeeded byin office
Personal details
Born (1948-05-13) 13 May 1948 (age 76)
Gothenburg, Sweden[2]
Political partyCrossbencher
Alma materPembroke College, Cambridge

Jeffrey Richard de Corban Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans, KStJ, JP (born 13 May 1948), is a British hereditary peer and shipbroker, who served as Lord Mayor of London from 2015 to 2016.[3]

Lord Mountevans represented the Ward of Cheap in the City of London as Alderman from 2007 until 2018, serving as Sheriff of London for 2012–2013, then Lord Mayor for 2015–2016.[4][5] He sits in the House of Lords as an hereditary peer, being elected in the crossbench hereditary peers' by-election of July 2015, following the retirement of Viscount Tenby.[6]

  1. ^ "No. 62150". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2017. p. N2.
  2. ^ "The Lord Mayor's biography". Government of the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 10 May 2016.
  3. ^ "www.cityoflondon.gov.uk : new Lord Mayor of London (for 2015–16)". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  4. ^ www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
  5. ^ www.city.ac.uk
  6. ^ www.parliament.uk