Sydney Evershed (brewer)

Sydney Evershed(c. 1825 – 1903) was an English brewer andLiberal Partypolitician who representedBurton.

Evershed's family came fromAlburyinSurrey.By 1860 he had moved toBurton-on-Trent,and became aBurton brewer.He lived atStapenhill,where he built Albury House, named after his birthplace.^[1] Evershed was active in local politics and was one of the Improvement Commissioners, and one of the first councillors when Burton was incorporated as a borough in 1878.^[2]In 1886, he was elected asMember of ParliamentforBurtonwhich he held until 1900. He died at Marylebone in 1903.

Evershed married Fanny Whitehead at Marylebone in 1856. Their sonsSydney,Wallis,FrankandEdwardall played cricket forDerbyshire.Fanny died in 1904. In 1909 his brewery merged with Marston and Thompson to becomeMarston, Thompson and Evershed.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Michael Bass, 1st Baron Burton	Member of Parliament for Burton 1886–1900	Succeeded by Robert Ratcliff

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[1] Stapenhill: Introduction,A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 9: Burton-upon-Trent (2003), pp. 207-211. Date accessed: 16 September 2008

[2] Burton-upon-Trent: Local government,A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 9: Burton-upon-Trent (2003), pp. 85–97. Date accessed: 16 September 2008

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