Evan Henry Llewellyn, was a British army officer and a Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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  politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1885 and 1906.

Llewellyn was the fourth son of Llewellyn Llewellyn of Buckland Filleigh

Buckland Filleigh

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, North Devon. He was a J.P.

Justice of the Peace

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 and Deputy Lieutenant

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 of Somerset.

In the 1885 general election

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, Llewellyn was elected as Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for North Somerset

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 and held the seat until the 1892 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1892

The 1892 United Kingdom general election was held from 4 July to 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats, but not enough for an overall majority as William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals won many more seats than in the 1886 general election...

. He was re-elected for the seat in the 1895 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1895

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 and held it until the 1906 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1906

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Llewellyn lived at Langford Court, Somerset. His son Hoel served with distinction in the Anglo-Boer War. A great-great-grandson is the current Prime Minister David Cameron

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