Evan Pateshall


Evan Pateshall was a Conservative Party politician.

Personal life

Pateshall was born as Evan Thomas in December 1817 to David Thomas of Radnorshire. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and King's College London. He married Anne Elizabeth Pateshall, only child of William Pateshall, in 1842 and changed his surname to Pateshall in 1855. He lived at Allensmore Court in Allensmore, Herefordshire.

Political career

Pateshall was Mayor of Hereford in 1863, before being elected Conservative MP for Hereford constituency in 1874. He then resigned after four years in 1878.

Other activities

During his life, Pateshall was a Justice of the Peace, a Deputy Lieutenant for each of Herefordshire, Brecon and Radnor, and commanded one of the companies of the Hereford Rifle Volunteers.