William Evans (British Army officer)

In 1713, during the War of the Spanish Succession, Evans was invited by the Duke of Ormonde to serve in Flanders and acquired a Regiment of Dragoons when Viscount Cobham was stripped of his regiment.^[1] The regiment became known as Evans's Dragoons.^[2]

He was promoted to lieutenant general in 1727^[3] and in 1728 King George II and Queen Caroline inspected his regiment.^[4]

He was also governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea from 1722 until 1740.^[5]