took a great interest in the history of the whig party. A portrait engraved by Freeman, after Behnes, is given by Dibdin (ib. iii. 51).
He died in Edward Street, Hampstead Road, London, on 25 April 1857, in his eightieth year. His widow, Susanna, died in Stamford Road, Fulham, on 31 Jan. 1861, aged 80.
Some works bear his imprint as publisher. The following were written or edited by him: 1. 'Bishop Burnet's History of his own Time,' London, 1809, 4 vols. 8vo. 2. 'Hakluyt's Collection of the Early Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries of the English Nation. A new edition, with additions,' London, 1809–12, 5 vols. 4to (part of the fourth volume and the whole of the fifth are added in this edition). 3. 'Essays on Song-writing, with a Collection of such English Songs as are most eminent for Poetical Merit. By John Aikin. A new edition, with additions and corrections, and a Supplement,' London, 1810, sm. 8vo. 4. 'Old Ballads, by Thomas Evans. A new edition revised and considerably enlarged from Public and Private Collections, by his Son,' London, 1810, 4 vols. sm. 8vo. 5. 'Six Letters of Publicola on the Liberty of the Subject and the Privileges of the House of Commons, originally published in the "Times," now collected and illustrated,' London, 1810, 8vo (anonymous). 6. 'A Letter on the Expediency of a Reform in Parliament, addressed to Lord Erskine,' London, 1817, 8vo (this and No. 5 are pamphlets). 7. 'Euripidis Opera, Gr. et Lat.,' Glasgow, 1821, 9 vols. 8vo (Evans helped A. and J. M. Duncan in preparing this edition). 8. 'Historical and Descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray,' London, 1851, 8vo (written with Thomas Wright).
[Memoir in Gent. Mag. June 1857, 3rd ser. ii. 734–5, reprinted in Nichols's Illustr. viii. 526–7. See also Dibdin's Bibl. Decam. 1817, vol. iii.; Bibliomania, 1842, vol. ii.; and Library Companion, 1824.]
EVANS, ROBERT WILSON (1789–1866), archdeacon of Westmoreland and author, second son of John Evans, M.D., of Llwynygroes, near Oswestry, by his wife, Jane Wilson. He was born at the Council House, Shrewsbury, 30 Aug. 1789, and was educated under Dr. Butler at Shrewsbury School, whence he proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1807. There he became seventh wrangler, second chancellor's medallist, and B.A. 1811, M.A. 1814, and B.D. 1842. Having obtained a fellowship in 1813, he was elected classical tutor of his college in the following year, having for colleague George Peacock, afterwards dean of Ely. In 1836 his former master, Dr. Butler, then bishop of Lichfield, made him his examining chaplain, and collated him to the vicarage of Tarvin, Cheshire. Here he found parish work in abundance, the experience of which is given in his 'Bishopric of Souls.' In 1842 he accepted from his college the vicarage of Heversham, a place within a morning drive of the finest of the Westmoreland scenery. One of his first acts was to build a new vicarage house on the shoulders of Heversham Head, a spot from which he commanded a most extensive view. He was appointed archdeacon of Westmoreland in 1856, and after holding the archdeaconry to the great satisfaction of the clergy and laity of the district, resigned it in January 1865 on account of his advancing years. He died at Heversham vicarage 10 March 1866. He was the author of: 1. 'A Course of Sermons preached before the University of Cambridge,' 1830. 2. 'The Rectory of Valehead,' 1830; 12th edition 1842. 3. 'The Church of God, in a series of Sermons,' 1832. 4. 'A Sermon at the Consecration of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry,' 1836. 5. 'A Sermon at the Ordination held by the Bishop of Lichfield,' 1838. 6. 'Hymns for the Christian Workman,' 1840. 7. 'Tales of the Ancient British Church,' 1840; 3rd edition 1859. 8. 'An Appeal against the Union of the Dioceses of Bangor and St. Asaph,' 1842. 9. 'The Bishopric of Souls,' 1842; 5th edition 1877. 10. 'A Sermon,' 1842. 11. 'A Day in the Sanctuary, with a Treatise on Hymnology,' 1843. 12. 'Parochial Sermons,' 3 volumes, 1844–55. 13. 'Consideration on the Scriptural Practice of Church Collections,' 1847. 14. 'The Ministry of the Body,' 1847. 15. 'A Visitation Sermon,' 1849. 16. 'Parochial Sketches,' in verse, 1850. 17. 'A Treatise on Versification,' 1852. 18. 'An Exhortation to the Lord's Day,' 1853. 19. 'Charges delivered to the Clergy of Westmoreland,' 2 vols., 1856, 1857. 20. 'Self-Examination and Proof,' a sermon, 1856. 21. 'Daily Hymns,' 1860. 22. 'England under God,' 1862. 23. 'A Sermon on Death of the Prince Consort,' 1862. He also wrote five volumes in the series known as 'The Theological Library, namely, vols. vii. xii. and xvi., 'Scripture Biography,' 1834, and vols. xiv. and xv., 'Biography of the Early Church,' 1836.
[Guardian, 14 March 1866, p. 272; Gent. Mag. June 1866, pp. 909–10; Church of England Photographic Portrait Gallery, 1859, portrait 33; Memoir with portrait in the Bishopric of Souls, ed. E. Bickersteth, 1877, pp. v–xiv; Westmoreland Gazette and Kendal Advertiser, 17 March 1866, p. 5.]
