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Evan Nepean

Male 1753 - 1822  (69 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Evan Nepean 
    Birth 9 Jul 1751-1753  Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 2 Oct 1822 
    Siblings 1 Sibling 
    Person ID I250262  Geneagraphie
    Links To This person is also Evan Nepean at Wikipedia 
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2006 

    Father Nicholas Nepean   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Margaret Jones   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F106882  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Skinner   d. 26 Dec 1833, Saltash, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 6 Jul 1782 
    Children 
    +1. Rev Evan Nepean,   b. 20 Apr 1800   d. 13 Mar 1873 (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F99486  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2006 

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    • 1st Baronet
      British politician and colonial administrator.

      entered the navy as a clerk and served as a purser in ships on the American coast during the rebellion of the American colonies. In 1782 he was appointed secretary to Lord Shuldham, port-admiral at Plymouth, and later that year became under-secretary of state in the Home Department. In this post he was concerned in the arrangements for the dispatch of the First Fleet and the administration of the newly established penal colony in New South Wales during its early years. In 1795 he was appointed secretary of the Admiralty, possibly through the influence of Admiral Sir John Jervis. He was created a baronet in 1804 and was a lord of the Admiralty in 1804-06. After six years out of office he was governor of Bombay in 1812-19 and died at Loders, Dorset, on 2 October 1822. He is remembered by Point Nepean, Victoria, and the Nepean River, New South Wales

      He served as the first effective Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department April 1782-December 1791, Under-Secretary of State for War in 1794, secretary to the Board of Admiralty 1795-1804, Chief Secretary for Ireland 1804-1805, Commissioner of the Admiralty , and governor of Bombay 1812-1819.
      He was Member of Parliament for Queensborough from 1796 till 1802, then moving to Bridgport where he remained until 1812. He was made a baronet in 1802 and was elevated to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1804.
      The town of Nepean, Ontario , Canada , the Nepean River in New South Wales , Australia and the Nepean Highway from Melbourne to Portsea in the south east of Victoria , Australia and the Nepean Sea Road in Mumbai , India , were all named after him.



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