Sir Walter Evans, 1st Baronet

Sir Walter Harry Evans, 1st Baronet (19 May 1872 – 7 November 1954) was an English hydraulic engineer, politician, and public servant.

Evans was born in Wolverhampton, son of Joseph Evans.^[1] He was a member of Staffordshire County Council for many years. He was created a baronet, of Wightwick, near Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, in the 1920 New Years Honours for his services to the war savings committees during the First World War.^[2]

He married Margaret Mary Dickens in 1907. They had one son and two daughters.^[1] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, Anthony.

Footnotes

Obituary, The Times, 9 November 1954
Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
Leigh Rayment's list of baronets ^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}

Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New creation	Baronet (of Wightwick) 1920–1954	Succeeded by Anthony Adney Evans

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