Sydney Evershed was an English brewer and Liberal Party

Liberal Party (UK)

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 politician who represented Burton

Burton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Evershed's family came from Albury

Albury, Surrey

Albury is a village and civil parish in the borough of Guildford in Surrey, England, about south-east of Guildford town centre. The village is within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Site of Special Scientific Interest....

 in Surrey

Surrey

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. By 1860 he had moved to Burton-on-Trent, and became a Burton brewer

Brewers of Burton

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. He lived at Stapenhill

Stapenhill

Stapenhill is an area and civil parish in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire in the UK. Stapenhill was a small village owned by Nigel of Stafford in 1086.The village of Stapenhill has long since been surrounded by new housing developments....

, where he built Albury House, named after his birthplace.
Evershed was active in local politics and was one of the Improvement Commissioners, and one of the first councillors when Burton was incorporated as a borough in 1878. In 1886 he was elected as Member of Parliament

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 for Burton which he held until 1900. He died at Marylebone in 1903.

Evershed married Fanny Whitehead at Marylebone in 1856. Their sons Sydney

Sydney Evershed

Sir Sydney Herbert Evershed was an English brewer and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1880 to 1901 and was a long-serving club captain from 1891 to 1898....

, Wallis

Wallis Evershed

Wallis Evershed was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1882 and 1884.Evershed was born in Stapenhill, the son of Sydney Evershed the brewer and MP for Burton. He was educated at Clifton College where he was awarded his cap and was captain of the XI in 1882...

, Frank

Frank Evershed

Frank Evershed was an English rugby player who played internationally for England between 1889 and 1893 and a cricketer who played for Derbyshire....

 and Edward

Edward Evershed

Edward Evershed was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1888 and 1898.Evershed was born in Stapenhill, now part of Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire , the son of Sydney Evershed the brewer and MP for Burton...

 all played cricket for Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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. Fanny died in 1904. In 1909 his brewery merged with Marston and Thompson to become Marston, Thompson and Evershed.