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| Evans, Sebastian. Adm. pens. at EMMANUEL, Apr. 19, 1849. Of Leicestershire. [Youngest] s. of Arthur [Benoni, D.D., clerk, of Market Bosworth, Leics. (for whom see D.N.B.) and Anne, dau. of Capt. Thomas Dickinson, R.N.]. B. there Mar. 2, 1830. School, Bosworth Grammar. Matric. Michs. 1849; Dixie Scholar, 1849; B.A. 1853; M.A. 1856; LL.D. 1868. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Jan. 29, 1855. As a youth displayed great promise as an artist, and while an undergraduate published a volume of sonnets on the death of the Duke of Wellington. Appointed Secretary of Indian Reform Association, 1855; resigned, 1857. Manager of Art Dept. of the glass works of Messrs Chance and Co. at Oldbury, 1857-67, designing many windows, including one, illustrating the Robin Hood legend, for the International Exhibition of 1862. Called to the Bar, 1873; on Birmingham and Oxford Circuits. Editor of the Birmingham Daily Gazette, 1867. Wrote leading articles for The Observer, and contributed articles and stories, chiefly mystical, to Macmillan's and Longman's Magazines. In 1878, shared in the foundation of The People, a weekly Conservative newspaper, and edited it for the first three years. Exhibited at the Royal Academy. His versatility and charm brought him many friends of varied types, including Thackeray, Huxley, Newman, Matthew Arnold, Joseph Chamberlain, Burne-Jones and Ruskin. Married, 1857, Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Bennett Goldney, one of the founders of the London Joint Stock Bank. His son, Francis, M.P. for Canterbury, assumed the name of Bennett Goldney. Author, The High History of the Holy Grail, In Quest of the Holy Grail; Brother Fabian's MSS. and Other Poems; Songs and Etchings; In the Studio. In 1881 re-edited his father's Leicestershire Words for the English Dialect Society. Retired to Abbot's Barton, Canterbury, where he died Dec. 18, 1909. (D.N.B.; Scott, MSS.; Law Lists; Foster, Men at the Bar, which erroneously gives 's. of Arthur Benvin, D.D.', and 'b. in 1831'; The Times, Dec. 20, 1909.) | Sebastian EVANS Approx. lifespan: 1830–1909 pens. Emmanuel College adm1849:04:19 Of Leicestershire [Youngest] s. of Arthur EVANS [Benoni, DD, clerk of Market Bosworth, Leicestershire (for whom see D.N.B. ) and Anne DICKINSON dau. of Captain Thomas DICKINSON, R.N. b. there 1830:03:02 Sch: Bosworth Grammar [ Leicestershire ] Matric 1849:10MT: Dixie Scholar 1849 BA 1853 MA 1856 LLD 1868 Adm. Lincoln's Inn: 1855:01:29 As a youth displayed great promise as an artist, and while an undergraduate published a volume of sonnets on the death of the Duke of Wellington. Appointed Sec. of: : Indian Reform Association 1855 ; resigned1857 Manager of: : Art Department of glass works of Messrs Chance and Company at Oldbury, [ Warwickshire ] 1857-67, designing many windows, including one, illustrating the Robin Hood legend, for the International Exhibition of 1862 Called to the Bar: 1873 on Birmingham, [ Warwickshire ] and Oxford, [ Oxfordshire ] Circuits. Editor of: : Birmingham Daily Gazette 1867 Wrote leading articles for The Observer, and contributed articles and stories, chiefly mystical, to Macmillan's and Longman's Magazines. In 1878, shared in the foundation of The People, a weekly Conservative newspaper, and edited it for the first three years. Exhibited at the Royal Academy His versatility and charm brought him many friends of varied types, including Thackeray, Huxley, Newman, Matthew Arnold, Joseph Chamberlain, Burne-Jones and Ruskin. m. 1857 Elizabeth GOLDNEY dau. of Francis Bennett GOLDNEY, one of the founders of London Joint Stock Bank His son, Francis, M.P. for: : Canterbury, [ Kent ], assumed the name of Bennett Goldney. Publ.: The High History of the Holy Grail, In Quest of the Holy Grail; Brother Fabian's, [MSS] . and Other Poems; Songs and Etchings; In the Studio. In 1881 re-edited his father's Leics. Words for English Dialect Society Retired to Abbot's Barton, Canterbury, [ Kent ], where he died 1909:12:18 ( D.N.B. ; Scott, MSS.; Law Lists ; Foster, Men at the Bar, which erroneously gives 's. of Arthur Benvi EVANS n, D.D.', and 'b. in 1831'; The Times 1909:12:20) |