George Hampden Evans

The Rt.Hon. George Hampden Evans (died 2 July 1842) was an Irish politician.

Biography George was the eldest son of Captain Hampden Evans and his wife Margaret née Davis of Portrane, County Dublin. in 1805 he married Sophia Parnell, only daughter of Sir John Parnell former Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland. The Evans family were the principal landowners in the Portrane area, and in 1820, on the death of his father, George inherited the family estates. By November 1834 the two parliamentarians had patched up their differences, jointly forming an Anti-Tory Association in Dublin. He was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland by Lord Fortescue, the Lord Lieutenant. He died suddenly at his residence, Portrane House, from what was described as "an attack of flying gout to the heart". In 1844 his widow built a replica of an Irish round tower in his memory, which now stands in the grounds of St Ita's Hospital, Portrane.