EVANS, Lieutenant-general Sir DE LACY, G.C.B., b. at Moig, in Ireland, 1787; entered the army as ensign in 1807; in 1812, joined the 3d light dragoons, with whom he saw much peninsular service. In 1814, he was present as brevet lieut.col. of an infantry regiment at the capture of Washington, the attack on Baltimore, and the operations before New Orleans. He was next at Waterloo. In 1830-31, he sat for Rye, and in 1833 was elected on the liberal interest for Westminster. which he represented until 1841. The cause of the young queen of Spain was believed by the English ministry to be identified with that of freedom and constitutional government, and an order in council was issued in 1835, authorizing the raising of 10,000 men for service in Spain, and expressing the king's desire that his subjects should take part with the queen of Spain, his ally, by entering the new corps. The command of the British auxiliary legion was offered to E., and he was allowed by his constituents to accept it without vacating his seat for Westminster. E.'s principal military exploits at the head of the British legion were the storm and capture of the Carlist lines of Ayetta, near St. Sebastian, in 1836; the storm and capture of Irun; and the capture of Oyarzun and Fon tarabia. For these services, he received the grand crosses of St. Ferdinand and Charles
III. At the general election for 1841, E. was defeated for Westminster, but was reelected in 1846, and continued to hold his seat, by undisputed tenure, till 1865. He was pro moted to the rank of maj.gen. of the British army in 1846, and obtained the colonelcy of the 21st foot in 1853. On the declaration of war against Russia, he was appointed to command the second division of the army sent out to the Crimea, with the rank of lieut.gen. His division was hotly engaged in the battle of the Alma, and E. received a severe contusion of the shoulder. On the 26th Oct., during the siege of Sebastopol, his division was attacked by a force of 6,000 Russians. E. met the enemy with great gallantry, and drove them back into the town. In Feb., 1855, E. attended in his place, and received the public thanks of the house of commons, through the speaker, for his services in the Crimea. He was rewarded by the crown with the grand cross of the bath, and by the emperor of the French with the grand cordon of the legion of honor. He also received the degree of D.C.L. from the university of Oxford. He took a fre quent part in debates on matters of army administration. In politics, he always belonged to the party of "advanced liberals." He died .Jan. 9. 1870.