William Evans (British Army officer)

Lieutenant-General William Evans was a British Army General who became Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

Lieutenant General William Evans
Allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Battles/wars	War of the Spanish Succession

Military career

In 1713, during the War of the Spanish Succession, Evans was invited by the Duke of Ormonde to serve in Flanders and acquired a Regiment of Dragoons when Viscount Cobham was stripped of his Regiment.[1] The Regiment became known as Evans's Dragoons.[2]

He was promoted to Lieutenant General in 1727[3] and in 1728 King George II and Queen Caroline inspected his Regiment.[4]

He was also Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea from 1722 until 1740.[5]

References

1. Viscount Cobham at Dictionary of National Biography
2. Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers, Volume 3, edited by William A. Shaw, published 1900
3. "No. 6572". The London Gazette. 11 April 1727. p. 3.
4. "No. 6671". The London Gazette. 4 May 1728. p. 1.
5. H. Godfrey, ed. (1927), Survey of London, 11, pp. 37=60