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EVANS, JOHN (1651? - 1724), bishop of Bangor and later of Meath he was, he was the last Welsh bishop of the see till Daniel Lewis Lloyd was appointed in 1890. In January 1715/16 he was translated to Meath. He died at Dublin, 22 March 1723/4; he left a good deal of money to the Irish Church and to the commissioners of Queen Anne's Bounty, and £140 for the rectory of Llanaelhaiarn.
EVANS, LEWIS (1755 - 1827), mathematician Born at Caerleon-on-Usk, he was the son of THOMAS EVANS (1716 - 1774), of Bassaleg, Monmouth, cleric and schoolmaster, and the grandson of a RICE EVANS of whom nothing further is known. Lewis Evans, after a clerical career, became first mathematical master at Woolwich Military Academy, and was elected F.R.S. (1823). His Welsh birth would barely justify his inclusion here, for he had no other
EVANS, LEWIS (c. 1700 - 1756), cartographer
EVANS, LEWIS PUGH (1881 - 1962), soldier and public figure, Brigadier General, VC, CB, CMG, DSO . Lewis Evans won his first DSO at Hooge on 16th June 1915. 'When the troops became mixed up he moved up and down the line under continuous heavy fire for 14 hours reorganising units and bringing back reports', London Gazette, 24 July 1915. He was appointed Major, September 1915, and GS02 HQ 6th Division in March 1916. He was appointed Temporary Lieutenant Colonel and Commanding Officer 1st Lincolnshire
EVANS, LLEWELLYN IOAN (1833 - 1892), Biblical scholar Bala under Lewis Edwards from 1847 until 1850, when he emigrated with his parents to Racine, Wisconsin. There he graduated B.S. in 1854 and A.B. in 1856. His interests were mainly political at this time, and he was elected member of the Wisconsin Legislature in 1856. The following year he moved to Cincinnati, and became one of the editors of the Cincinnati Gazette. Soon afterwards, however, he
EVANS, MALDWYN LEWIS (1937 - 2009), champion bowler
EVANS, RHYS (1835 - 1917), musician Born 24 June 1835 in a farmhouse at Cross Inn (now called Ammanford), Carmarthenshire. He was a tailor by trade. He received his first music lessons from one William Penry. When seventeen he went to Swansea where he joined a music class. He moved to Cwmavon and afterwards to Cardiff; at the latter place he became a member of choirs conducted by Rhys Lewis and a Mr. Righton, which performed works
EVANS, THOMAS (1897 - 1963), alderman, education and hospital administrator council, during which period the Welsh local authorities made him a public presentation in recognition of his long and distinguished services to local government in Wales. But he did not confine himself to county administration. He was a member of the governing body and at one time chairman of Lewis' School, Pengam. For over 20 years he was chairman of the finance committee of the University of Wales
EVANS, THOMAS JOHN (1863 - 1932), journalist friendly personality who possessed to a remarkable degree the gift for retaining friendships with men of all creeds and opinions, he was also untiring in his efforts to assist young Welshmen in the metropolis. He married 1891, Margaret, daughter of Lewis Davies of Lampeter; they had two daughters, Magdalen Mary, who died in infancy, and Janet. He died 13 May 1932.
EVANS, THOMAS JOHN (1894 - 1965), local government officer and an administrator within the Baptist denomination invited back to its original home in Carmarthen. Throughout the years he was a fervent supporter of the Baptist Missionary Society. In 1959 it was he who was responsible for collection of the contributions from Wales towards the Thomas Lewis (1859 - 1929) memorial hospital in Angola and for organising a meeting to celebrate his centenary in his old home at Pontyfenni near Whitland. There is a clear
EVANS, TREBOR LLOYD (1909 - 1979), minister (Indepedent) and author . degree in 1949 for his work on Dr Lewis Edwards, Bala, which was published as Lewis Edwards, ei Fywyd a'i Waith, in 1967. He was the author of more than a dozen books, including Damhegion y Deyrnas 1949, Pris ein Rhyddid 1962, Diddordebau Llwyd o'r Bryn 1966, Y Cathedral Anghydffurfiol Cymraeg 1972. He translated extracts from Kilvert's Diary in 1973 under the title Cymru Kilvert, and A Diary of
EVANS, WILLIAM JOHN (1866 - 1947), musician father for the Elvet Lewis hymn ' Rho im yr hedd ', remains popular. Many musical compositions were performed by him and his father at Aberdare. He married Mary Elizabeth Milligan sometime during April-June 1895. After the death of his wife he retired from business and went to live with his son, Ifor L. Evans, then principal of the University College of Wales, at Aberystwyth. He died 12 December 1947

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